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[GedsJeep]

Back To The Future Day....

[julesandtash]

Why are we all messing around with manky cooking oil then? Surely we should all have Mr Fusion reactors on our cars that we can just chuck a few banana skins in and then fly around without any roads

Plus my daughter really fancies a hover board

[Julian]

Plus my daughter really fancies a hover board

Have you seen these ...




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WogyRgnZS30

Like a handleless Segway.

Watched a young lad on one whilst I was stuck in traffic the other day ... if you can stay on them they look like amazing fun!

Apparently around USD 200 or less if bought direct from  China.

[Tony]

Saw a guy wizzing around portsmouth on one when we went to pick up the passat.  Looked very cool in the dark.

Edit: Less than £100 direct from china

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Smart-Balance-2-wheel-Electric-Self-Standing-Balancing-Scooter-Unicycle-Airboard-Two-Wheels-01/32499369668.html

Or from someone that has a sales record and better feedback - "Lucky Lai" for £150

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-DHL-shipping-2015-NEW-Electric-scooter-2-wheel-Self-Electric-Balance-Scooter-Smart-bicycle-Scooter/32491348944.html

I'm expecting to see someone wizzing around on one at the next BBB!


This guy takes his apart - what a hero!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHdiWohQm0Q

4400mAh batter apparently, range of 25km

[Julian]

The BBB version will have to run on 16" Mud-Terrains.

The strip down was very interesting, the basics seem quite simple.  The wheel/motor combination looked very interesting ... bet there will be lots going spare in the future as the other components seem a lot more frail.

[photoman290]

there where some lads playing with one at the local lidl's carpark last weekend. i asked about battery life and they offered me a go. i declined as falling over onto concrete didn't appeal. only recovered from a damaged ligament in my wrist and a twisted knee and back. i must be getting sensible in my old age. maybe next weekend. with some knee pads.

[Jamesrl]

I read somewhere this week that they are to be band in public places along with the Segway.

How long before a kid or even one of us nutters falls off out into a road, not so much where I live but in a busy city/town and gets flattened by a vehicle.

But then having said that Bikes are just as dangerous.

[Julian]

Yup, all small, electrically powered vehicles should be banned.

Some of the "blue-rinse brigade" on mobility scooters should be locked up for the traffic offences they commit. (Am I allowed to say that these days?)

I really do fancy a go on one of those boards though.  It would have t be on grass and they now do a 10" wheel version which is supposed to be much easier to use.

[greasemonkey]

I remember Back to Future being advertised on packets of Shreddies, what which I had for breakfast.
Thought I'd share that fun anecdote.

[GedsJeep]

Here's a thought....

I give you, in order

1984....
Buck Rogers in the 21st century
2001
2010
Back to the future...




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[photoman290]

I read somewhere this week that they are to be band in public places along with the Segway.

How long before a kid or even one of us nutters falls off out into a road, not so much where I live but in a busy city/town and gets flattened by a vehicle.

But then having said that Bikes are just as dangerous.
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the kids i was watching are all skate boarders. the skate park is just over the road from the supermarket. can't see that  falling off a skateboard under a truck is any different. no one has banned skateboards. they are more like motorised skateboards than segways and appeal to the same kids.