OK Frogboy, I hear you. But please explain how this is less hassle than a bicycle?

heh pretty many benefits. its powered for one.

no unconfortable seat ( thats why i hate bicycles its those seats thats actally smaller than my err ass crack. )

for me i like walking more than riding. this is much more familiar to me.

once i could do initial payment its much cheaper than car in terms of maintance or insurance ( none for ginger ) all it needs is some recharging and range is bit more than enough for traveling to work and back.

You can buy an electric scooter for the same benefits you mentionned. Plus it's 1/10th of the price.
I don't mean to argue, I really just want to see a single benefit for this. So far I can't.

I just saw a few people driving around using IT/Ginger/Segway in the parking lot (their R&D office is two buildings down from mine in N.H.). It looked pretty cool. I wanted to pull over and ask to try it. Though I think their wheel chair was far cooler and would have more of an immediate benefit.

BoXXi thinks Paxx has shares in a bicycle company, hence the vehemence.

Anyway, knowing our government, (England) they hate anything innovative, so they will declare it dangerous and make users have a man with a red flag walk 10 paces in front of them!!

(And you all think I'm joking. I wish I was!)

From what i've read, it's principally a matter of control. That one really feels like they're in total control. A bike is unstable unless it's moving. So when I come to a stop, I have to get off the bike and stand. Not a big deal but in the city, I just don't feel like I have the same control.

I want walk really but be able to walk faster and without getting tired. This thing is like enhanced walking.

well....if you ride a bike often enough you can learn to balance without having to move...you must have seen bicycle courier's doing this, plus you become more comfortable riding in city traffic the more you actully do it

...hey...I don't care if any of you want a Segway, go right ahead, if I had a spare $3000 just lying around I'd prolly buy one too, just have some fun on.

I prefer a really good mountian bike (which can cost must more than a Segway)...each to there own 'eh

needs a lawnmower attachment....

needs at least 7" travel suspension, big fat off road tyres, disc brakes, wider handle bars, lighter construction, more grunt...

How can you have more control than with a bike? The bike is the most optimised piece of equipment out there engineering-wise (or that's the common myth is designland).

That last "is" should be "in".

Crae: The biggest design fault that I can see with the bicycle, is that I have to PEDAL the damn thing!! lol

As they say...'If God had wanted us to walk, he wouldn't have joined our legs together at the top so we could sit and ride a bicycle'...

Ok, Ok, Ok...

we have all said our me's and you's with this peice of SHT technology. I think Transmutatate is on to something here. What would improve it to actually make it more practical?

I think if they added 2 more tires, a radio and a....