September 21, 2006
Zeus On (Expensive Toy) Wheels
In yesterday’s Times, Dan Barry took a look at the Segways, or rather the “pogo stick on wheels.” We always thought Segways were for rich, white men and while that was confirmed it seems they’re for the lazy and delusional too.
Itsi Atkins, the founder of the New York City Segway Club, estimates New York City has “only 50 or so Segways, and maybe 30 owners,” of which, “he owns five.” Is New York City slow to join the revolution because some owners are inexplicably hoarding $25,000 of Segways? No, they’re just completely unnecessary, absurdly expensive, impossible for users to repair, and prone to tossing their users off the back. In the end, image conscious New Yorkers are not going to shell out $5,000 to look like a fool.
