Have you ever ridden a Segway?

[bertha katzenengel]

And specifically, have you ever taken a DC Segway tour?

I'm going on a DC Segway tour next month w/ my sister & nephew, and i tell you i can't FREAKIN' wait!

[KamaAina]

1. Yup, at a demo here on O'ahu

and yes, I did manage to stay upright.

[bertha katzenengel]

2. LOL I love that picture but it makes me nervous.

I am a total klutz. No, I've never choked on a pretzel, but I have sprained my ankle stepping on an ant. :p

[Doug.Goodall]

19. "When I hit the ground, I was really wheelin' " - George Bush

" had gravel flyin' and rubber squeelin' "

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...no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery, and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine by which man shall fly long distances through the air...
- Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), astronomer, head of the U. S. Naval Observatory.

[Orsino]

3. Hell, no.

If a coordinated, intelligent athlete like * can't stay on one, what chance do I have?

[bertha katzenengel]

5. LOL

:hi:

[China_cat]

4. I wanted to do the Segway tour of Savannah

but $45 was just a bit beyond my budget at the time.

[bertha katzenengel]

10. it's pricey...

but i'm really looking forward to it. taking the tour in June in DC with my sister who abhors, loathes, gets the vapors in hot weather. that oughta be fun.

[grasswire]

28. Washington in the summer can be very hard on some people.

I took my mother there on vacation one year and she had a difficult time with ankles swelling, very miserable. Two hints: a little spritz spray water bottle for misting oneself, and lots of baby powder applied before going out. I even carried a little container of baby powder in my bag when I lived there. Also, if you freeze a bottle of drinking water the night before and carry it with you, it can be an instant remedy if held against the back of the neck for a few moments.

Heat misery can be very real.

[BOSSHOG]

6. They rent them in the French Quarter

and they aint very popular because the sidewalks are so narrow. They've caused borderline violence when two or more folks Segway down the street towards walkers.

I've never done it, but it might have some value.

[Iggo]

7. Segways into violence.

There's a joke there, somewhere.

[BOSSHOG]

8. Egg-selent

I love the french quarter, Cross Dressers, scantily clad coeds, stumbling drunks, Nuns, Priests, the occasional Marie Laveau cavorting about, and Marie Antoinette losing her head or looking for head. I just can't add Segways as something that belongs in the quarter.

[Bennyboy]

17. Maybe not in the Quarter......

But NOLA is made for the things. everytime I go there I think about how cool it would be to have one there.....Ride out to Tips, to the fairgrounds, the park etc..... But things are just a bit too tight for the FQ I think...

[spinbaby]

9. They're a lot of fun

And very easy to use. I'd buy one if we lived in a place where they were practical. Here in countryside of western PA, you don't ride a Segway for the same reason you don't ride a bike--you'd get run over by rednecks in pickup trucks.

[bertha katzenengel]

12. LOL

getting run over by a redneck ain't always a bad thing . . . Mrs. V. sure knocked me off my feet. :loveya:

[mitchum]

11. No, do I look like Gob Bluth?

[SacredCow]

13. How fun....

I'm going to be in the DC area next month, too.... :hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

14. vacation or work? i hope vacation

? :hi:

[SacredCow]

15. Yep... Vacation....

With a side trip to Williamsburg...

And going to the True Colors concert!

[bertha katzenengel]

22. I hereby predict you'll have a terrific trip.

Especially Williamsburg. I haven't been, but I know it's got to be cool.

[madeline_con]

16. I hear Dc has moonlight kayak tours on the Patomac.

Now that, I'd do.

[Tektonik]

18. America, this is why we hate you:

[bertha katzenengel]

20. oh, my god

where is that woman? i'd like to smack her silly.

[Zuiderelle]

21. I saw a group of Segway-tourists on a recent trip there.

It was HILARIOUS! And I was secretly jealous behind my sneer. :)

I would do it in a heartbeat, but I might wear a disguise.

[bertha katzenengel]

23. Disguise?

Why?

And why hilarious? Were they geeky? I don't mind. I'm a geek.

:hi:

[Zuiderelle]

24. They looked pretty silly actually. About 10 of them all rolling along followed the tour guide.

Amongst all the people walking. I just find the whole segway thing pretty hilarious, even though I really would love to try one.

:hi:

[av8rdave]

25. Just took a segway tour of Merida (Mexico)

It was awesome! They are a blast to ride, and it didn't hurt that Merida is a beautiful city.

[LucyParsons]

26. I can see why those might appeal to people

But whenever I see folks on them, riding around with a goober tourist expression, and a helmet, it makes me think that foreign visitors must surely think all their stereotypes of Americans are true. We can't actually, you know, walk anywhere anymore.

I think they make you look stupid, in short.

But, like I said, I can see why it might appeal, and be fun. Especially for kids.

[noonwitch]

27. No, because of that stick that goes up your butt when you ride them!

South Park joke.

[yurbud]

29. somebody figured out how to make something similar for a tenth as much

essentially, a wide stand up electric scooter for a couple of hundreds bucks as opposed to thousands: