Segway enthusiast group disbands

Author: Phil Cogar
Published: 10th August 2007
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Segway enthusiast group disbands

No more Segway group rides? Darn! And here I was about to buy one.

Citing inactivity and an absence of candidates for its board of directors, the Segway Enthusiast Group of America has decided to disband at the end of the month.

The group's treasurer, Frad Kaplan, said that the group was unable to grow because Segway Inc. would not provide a list of email addresses of people who had purchased the scooter.

"We had a list that was essentially three years old," he said.

Segway spokeswoman Carla Vallone insisted that the group's disbanding is not an indicator of falling Segway sales stating that there has been a 50 percent annual growth in sales since the 2002 launch of the scooter.

This only comes as another blow to the expensive self-balancing scooter after many cities had enacted bans on allowing them to travel on city side walks last year.

Were any of you out there a member of the Segway Enthusiast Group of America? Do we have any members who own or have ridden one? Tell us what you think about the Segway over in the forums or in the comments below.
Quote Paradigm Shifter 10th August 2007, 10:45
Segway Enthusiast Group of America?

SEGA?

:D
Quote Krikkit 10th August 2007, 11:16
I'd love a Segway, but because they're illegal, it's so pointless in the UK it hurts my face... Shame really...
Quote bilbothebaggins 10th August 2007, 11:49
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Originally Posted by Krikkit
I'd love a Segway, but because they're illegal, it's so pointless in the UK it hurts my face... Shame really...

Illegal?
Is it one of those "you are not allowed to use it on the sidewalk, but you are not allowed to use it on the street" ?
Quote steveo_mcg 10th August 2007, 12:01
I doubt you could use it on the roads either, well actually does it come with lights and reflectors?
Quote proxess 10th August 2007, 12:20
It doesn't. Just ride a bike. It's cheaper. Or rollerblade.
Quote Krikkit 10th August 2007, 12:45
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Originally Posted by bilbothebaggins
Illegal?
Is it one of those "you are not allowed to use it on the sidewalk, but you are not allowed to use it on the street" ?

Yup, they're illegal on the pavement, but not allowed on the roads because they're not registered etc.

You say ride a bike proxess, but they're not always practical, besides, where's your geek spirit?!
Quote Veles 10th August 2007, 13:25
If we aren't allowed to ride segways on the pavements then old people/fatasses/disabled people shouldn't be allowed to use their electric scooters/wheelchairs either.
Quote completemadness 10th August 2007, 18:21
technically i don't think they are either

Like your not allowed to ride your bike on a pavement, everyone still does it though
Quote The_Beast 10th August 2007, 20:01
I was just about to join too :(
Quote DXR_13KE 10th August 2007, 23:23
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Originally Posted by Krikkit
You say ride a bike proxess, but they're not always practical, besides, where's your geek spirit?!

how about a microcontroler controlled electric assisted bike?
Quote jakenbake 11th August 2007, 08:15
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Originally Posted by proxess
Or rollerblade.

this isn't 1992
Quote specofdust 11th August 2007, 09:43
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Originally Posted by jakenbake
this isn't 1992

Clearly never been to Paris, or half of Austrailia, or many other major cities.

Rollerblading may have been a fad in large parts of the world, but it's actually not a bad form of transportation and is still very popular in some places.
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