Comments on: If the Segway Wasn’t a Hip Enough Method of Transportation… http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/ Where every man is king. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:06:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ffolliet http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-86923 ffolliet Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:30:44 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/#comment-86923 one more thing. @burstaneurysm do Bike Shed carry wheels that size? one more thing.

@burstaneurysm

do Bike Shed carry wheels that size?

]]> By: ffolliet http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-86922 ffolliet Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:29:46 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/#comment-86922 armchair designers eh? @Mike B. correct me if i'm wrong but isn't that the size of your average motorbike disc brake? "cooling"?? clearly you have expectations of speed and repeated hard braking the disgners may not have. @edesilva. think you have a point about steering but given the amount of cable around don't you think they may have an "all brake" option (like motorcycle) and potentially some are gears? i wanna try one. maybe just so i can burn the brakes, snap the fork and crash whilst braking like the boys think! armchair designers eh?

@Mike B. correct me if i’m wrong but isn’t that the size of your average motorbike disc brake? “cooling”?? clearly you have expectations of speed and repeated hard braking the disgners may not have.

@edesilva. think you have a point about steering but given the amount of cable around don’t you think they may have an “all brake” option (like motorcycle) and potentially some are gears?

i wanna try one. maybe just so i can burn the brakes, snap the fork and crash whilst braking like the boys think!

]]> By: burstaneurysm http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-86915 burstaneurysm Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:54:32 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/#comment-86915 What about the tires? They're duct taped on! That's not something I want to test drive. What about the tires? They’re duct taped on! That’s not something I want to test drive.

]]> By: Deadgirl1121 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-86899 Deadgirl1121 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:16:52 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/#comment-86899 Neat! Neat!

]]> By: James http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-86895 James Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:33:10 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/#comment-86895 anyone else think that it looks like wil weaton is driving it? anyone else think that it looks like wil weaton is driving it?

]]> By: Susie http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-86891 Susie Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:58:23 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/#comment-86891 This is awesome and I want one. This is awesome and I want one.

]]> By: edesilva http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-86890 edesilva Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:43:06 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/#comment-86890 I'm with Mike B. on the brakes, but did you notice the front forks? Looks like your standard MTB front shock, only those things aren't meant to be deployed near horizontally... Looks cool, until the stem snaps off after you hit a bump. Guess you could steer using the individual handbrakes, but that raises another issue... At 50 mph, you better be putting the exact amount of pressure on both sides or you will turn... fast... I’m with Mike B. on the brakes, but did you notice the front forks? Looks like your standard MTB front shock, only those things aren’t meant to be deployed near horizontally… Looks cool, until the stem snaps off after you hit a bump. Guess you could steer using the individual handbrakes, but that raises another issue… At 50 mph, you better be putting the exact amount of pressure on both sides or you will turn… fast…

]]> By: Mike B. http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-86886 Mike B. Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:24:48 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/08/21/if-the-segway-wasnt-a-hip-enough-method-of-transportation/#comment-86886 And just look at those tiny, tiny brakes. Assuming you could attach a lever long enough to generate the force required to stop those humongous (if light) wheels, the brakes would overheat and fail really quickly. If disc brakes are the best option (they are) then the best solution would have been to have much larger diameter discs mounted further out on the wheels. That would at least provide adequate cooling. And just look at those tiny, tiny brakes. Assuming you could attach a lever long enough to generate the force required to stop those humongous (if light) wheels, the brakes would overheat and fail really quickly. If disc brakes are the best option (they are) then the best solution would have been to have much larger diameter discs mounted further out on the wheels. That would at least provide adequate cooling.

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