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Peter iNova
05-19-2003, 03:41 AM
...seems to be about 3 Segways traveling in a pack at once. The three of us were at the Marriott where we had a great time lending support of sorts to the Ticket to Ride LA gathering and meeting many folk there. While the LLC staff had their hands full with demos, we were able to answer all the peripheral questions and give the owner's perspectives. As the afternoon wound down, we got a chance to compare notes with the San Diego staff and trade stories.

Toybuilder, Wheels and I went out on the town after the event and became a de-facto parade of sorts. The Marriott is about 1.5 miles as the Seg weighs from Little Tokyo with a tall ridge (Hill Street) between the two points so we went the hard way. Up and over.

We passed the new Disney Concert Hall (nearly finished world-class architectural wonder) where construction has narrowed pedestrian traffic to a thin walk between temporary cement side-rails. Concert goers were heading to the nearby Dorothy Chandler Pavillion (Lilly Tomlin stage show tonight) and the women of the group ahead of us lagged behind their guys peppering us with very good questions about the Segs. Does that make them the fairer Segs?

http://www.glidewalk.com/GWPix/DisneyHall.jpg
You meet the nicest places on a Segway.

Downhill to Little Tokyo moved us through sidewalk traffic and that's where the parade began. Plenty of "cool"s, one guy stopping next to us in his hardtop convertible with a digital camera pointed to the group, "How do you like them?"

"Great, and I have one of those. These fit in its trunk!" Kaching! Another sale.

At Little Tokyo, we found an outdoor plug so we could eat and fill up with gas at the same time (Old Joke). We lashed all 3 Segs together, quickly realizing that if you are going to pull the wagons in a circle, avoid the kick stands and/or put the backs of them together so folks won't stand on them out of curiosity.

http://www.glidewalk.com/GWPix/Segs3LittleTokyo.jpg
ToyBuilder/Wheels (That's me behind the camera pretending to be a tripod for a 1.2 sec exposure) before the safety flip.

Toybuilder suggested a better return route through the First Street Tunnel. It's the one in LA you often see in movies. A semicircular arc of tile reflects lights from walls and ceiling as it punches through the mid-LA ridge, dropping us back where we started.

Moral of the story: Three segs are better than one or even two.

-iNova

http://www.glidewalk.com




Neelix
05-19-2003, 03:43 AM
Wow! That is really cool, three gliders all out at once. Seeing just one is amazing!

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Fear not, for even though I come from the Forbidden City, I surely do not agree with the rules.

toybuilder
05-19-2003, 04:15 AM
The neat thing about the 3-Segway parking is that the lampposts in the shopping center had dual 3-pronged outlets. Both Peter iNova and I were able to plug in while we had our dinner.
http://www.pasadenasegway.com/images/pictures/downtown3.jpg

I also took an movie with the three of us gliding down the hill. (http://www.pasadenasegway.com/videos.html)

http://www.pasadenasegway.com

Brooster
05-19-2003, 08:11 AM
Sounds like you guys had a great visit to the TTR and a nice time afterwards. We actually had four machines together here in Chicago yesterday, for one of our trips to Navy Pier. :)

Brooster

GlideMaster
05-19-2003, 10:11 AM
Yep, like Brooster said we had four gliders together on a Glide Journey. Gliders present were Brooster, X-Man, Shawn and GlideMaster. We just happen to glide into a Northwestern class of graduating Lawyers (Broosters' Alma Mater). There must have been at least 500 graduates. We were gliding very very slowly; we didn't want to be anyones first case.

<center>The GlideMaster </center>

MONTIE
05-19-2003, 12:46 PM
Peter, I truly enjoyed the info and photos, thanks ....Montie

Brooster
05-19-2003, 02:21 PM
Yep, the ol G-Master replaced my kickstand for me, right from the tailgate of his truck. He's like a one-man mobile HT repair station! Have torque wrench, will travel. Thanks again GlideMaster!

Brooster