Segway Tour

After several months using the Monty DPie on a regular basis I know I like this kind of machines for transportation.

The Monty DPie is cheap, kind of a toy, three wheels, not much autonomy, not enough power for real, everyday urban transportation, ..., and was a way to test whether I'd actually use such a thing with small risk in money. If it turned out it didn't work it wasn't a big deal. I have had a great time riding it, and great times with my daughter. And well, the actual usage has gone much further than I expected, so the next step is to buy a Segway as soon as I can afford it.

I could enumerate a list of reasons why I like these machines, no maintenance (a Segway costs 0.01 € per km, that's 30 € a year with regular usage), they are clean, agile, ..., but the most important one for me is that transportation becomes fun. That's the point, fun.

Of course before you buy a Segway you'd better test one and see whether it's for you. So this weekend my wife and I took a Barcelona tourist tour in HTs. Two hours and a half, about 10 kms. Man, that machine is really, really impressive. The easy of use, the astonishing stability, the robustness, ..., really outstanding. So yes, test passed wih grade. This review reflects very accurately our experience, it feels like that.

Let's see whether some day I can blog I own one of those :-).