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#2I just hope that the price will be much more reasonable when it goes into production...
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#3I would not want to go down a hill on that thing.
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#4Sat that high up with not much in front of you... it looks like it might have some stability issues.
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#5This shouldn't be compared to a regular bike but to Segway. A popular electic bicycle would also be cheap and allow pedalling.
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#6It looks like it will have pretty much exactly the same problems the segway has. It is too expensive (~3,500 - 3,900 Euros). The range is too short (9-10km) and it doesn't go fast enough(edit: When finished won't go fast enough). It reminds me exactly of how the Segway origionally wanted to be, long distance and high speed, but regulations and batteries kept it from doing so. If they are going for a small niche then they might be fine, but if they are trying to mass market it, then it seems like it'll be another pipe dream. That's not to say I don't think its cool, just not at all practical.
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#7Yikes, that thing will not sell. The core demographic that would use it are the same people that want to look the coolest. And I can't imagine anyone cool sitting on something as dorky.
Another good idea killed by poor design.
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#8It doesn't look stable or durable.
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#9I'm going to go ahead and predict this same problem: http://paulgraham.com/segway.html
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#10Every person in that video seems to be thinking "Ha ha. Look at that moron!" though I'm sure that's not what I'm supposed to be thinking.