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BBC feature on the Swinley forest Segway track. New ways for the masses not to exercise

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13247021


 
Posted : 03/05/2011 7:23 am
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Got puffed out watching it. So would you get more excersice if you walked upstairs to the bog?


 
Posted : 03/05/2011 7:31 am
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Seen that at the weekend, looked a good way for people to get out and enjoy themselves. Suppose they could all maybe find a sport that makes the feel superior to others though. What would your recommended Martin for someone starting out in smug sports?


 
Posted : 03/05/2011 7:33 am
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Cycling, but they shouldn't be allowed tyres until they've been at it a year.

Actually the thing about those segways is I bet no one would complain about them on trails and footpaths.


 
Posted : 03/05/2011 7:38 am
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That looks like good fun to me.


 
Posted : 03/05/2011 7:42 am
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Looking at another thread at the top of the STW pile at time of typing, these things BURN DOWN FORESTS - the lunatics! Swinley catches fire as these things get introduced - has to be connected...

Looks fun for all the family - for about 15mins. Actually my dad's not too well and in need of a wheelchair quite at bit at the moment if he wants to travel more than 30yds - I wonder if he could manage one of those on flater terrain...


 
Posted : 03/05/2011 7:46 am
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IIRC Not allowed on footpaths, bridleways or RUPPS or BOATS - only on private land with the landowners permission so I doubt we will see them spread very far


 
Posted : 03/05/2011 7:48 am
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So I wonder then where "legally" you can take an electic assisted bike then? Maybe the assisted bit is important. Clearly only a total dick would have an issue with someone using one on a bridleway to potter along at normal cycling pace.


 
Posted : 03/05/2011 7:50 am
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electric assisted bike is different - there is a bit in the rules for them so if they are limited to electric assistance below 14 mph they are treated as a bicycle. However the segway does not fit the rules for this


 
Posted : 03/05/2011 7:53 am
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Looking at another thread at the top of the STW pile at time of typing, these things BURN DOWN FORESTS - the lunatics! Swinley catches fire as these things get introduced - has to be connected

I've looked, and yes they don't appear to have ashtrays.


 
Posted : 03/05/2011 7:55 am

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