Slog - Comments on Trust It

Comment by teenburger

teenburger — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:46:37 -0800

That's awesome. It reminds me of the episode of South Park when Mr. Garrison invented a vehicle where you sit on an anal probe and steer with your mouth.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:57:10 -0800

God, elenchos is going to be all over this one.

Comment by Westside forever

Westside forever — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:59:23 -0800

He's 18 and has spend several years developing it!?! Did he start when he was 12--who knew the Canucks produced such boy geniuses?

Comment by el

el — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:59:29 -0800

Does this mean the Segway (sic?) is never going to catch on? All those shares down the drain...

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:07:20 -0800

@Fnarf

This debuted at the Canadian national motorcycle show and has been on the bike blogs for many, many Internet-years. The amazing thing is that it was made by an 18 year old. Designed on Google SketchUp!

But yes, you're right. I'd hit that.

Comment by w7ngman

w7ngman — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:11:44 -0800

If by "brainchild" you mean "Segway shaped like a motorcycle", um.... ok.

Comment by umvue

umvue — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:15:01 -0800

I'd rather die/suffer disfigurement some other way.

Comment by eclexia

eclexia — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:20:15 -0800

An electric engine just wouldn't provide enough vibration against the nads.

Comment by chops

chops — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:25:38 -0800

dontcha worry about the poor little segway that could.

they're busy supporting the troops...

as nurses:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/14/AR2007031402654.html

and as evil battlebots:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3606962/

Comment by meh

meh — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:26:39 -0800

Uno: Inventing new and exciting ways to get hit by cars!

Comment by Amy Kate Horn

Amy Kate Horn — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:34:04 -0800

I want one, but only if it'll hop up onto curbs. Wheelies are out of the question.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:36:14 -0800

@3 - actually, Canada's patent system is a lot easier than the US one, and the well-funded educational system creates quite a few boy and girl geniuses. So it's not that unusual.

Comment by Mark in Colorado

Mark in Colorado — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:40:38 -0800

Fucking cool!

Comment by daniel

daniel — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:16:18 -0800

Segway shaped like a motorcycle is right. But then again what if the segway had originally been shaped like this? It might have reduced the abuse heaped on it.

Though the fear factor wouldn't have helped it's popularity and this thing doesn't even LOOK like it should be on the sidewalk (to its credit.)

Comment by Ayden

Ayden — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:00:23 -0800

I'm with you, #7.

I'm still not sure how I survived my adolescence on a motorcycle...

Comment by umvue

umvue — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:16:15 -0800

Ditto, @7.

Adolescence is doing stoopid things that:
99% of the time nothing happens
0.99% of the time you think "Shit, I almost just died."
0.01% of the time you die.

Comment by meh

meh — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:01:47 -0800

Sure it looks cool, but it still has two wheels. They're just side by side. Why would this be more environmentally friendly than a normal motorcycle? If anything, it's less efficient because it's spending energy on the gyroscope to stay balanced.

Comment by vooodooo84

vooodooo84 — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:54:11 -0800

@17 uhh, its electric, its more efficient than a motorcycle because it doesn't use gasoline. duh.

Comment by Reverse Polarity

Reverse Polarity — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:57:39 -0800

Looks like a sci-fi crotch rocket. But it isn't much faster than a Segway. 25mph.

Boring.

Comment by Giffy

Giffy — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:11:06 -0800

Are not all vehicles steered by body movements?

Comment by David

David — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:11:11 -0800

Make one fast enough for the highway, and I'm there.