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Zero to 12 mph in about two seconds. motorized skates by maryjane
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http://www.wired.com/2014/08/acton-rocketskates/
$500-$700 per pair---that's cheaper than a good horse---I wonder if they will make a rough terrain version? .
(rechargeable electric)
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2 words.....AWE-SOME!
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this one goes 25 MPH and is all terrain


http://www.hammacher.com/Pr..._3spcz7YwaAg_x8P8HAQ

this ones a lot cheaper,

http://www.trendtimes.com/mogassksc.html

But it is gas powered.

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Originally posted by 84fiero123:

this one goes 25 MPH and is all terrain


http://www.hammacher.com/Pr..._3spcz7YwaAg_x8P8HAQ

this ones a lot cheaper,

http://www.trendtimes.com/mogassksc.html

But it is gas powered.

Steve

1st link was a redirect. Chrome did not like it.
2nd was a scooter or gas powered skateboard--not powered roller skates. I'd buy a Segway before I bought one of those--but won't because the Segway I tried last week was a rough as heck ride just on an uneven sidewalk..

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Originally posted by maryjane:

the Segway I tried last week was a rough as heck ride just on an uneven sidewalk..


Suspension-wise?
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Report this Post08-30-2014 10:25 PM Click Here to See the Profile for maryjaneSend a Private Message to maryjaneEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
yes--suspension. But it works by how you shift your weight--how you lean. Because it jerked me around, and up and down, the "leaning" fwd couldn't be held even and the fwd motion also became jerky.
Ever rode in an old car that spit-sputtered-backfired, almost stopped----then caught, then spit sputtered, and backfired again and again?
That's how it was.
I've rode cantankerous horses that had a smoother gait.
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I've already scene plenty of kids riding those Razor scooters end up faceplanting from the small front wheel catching the lip of a curb or an uneven section of sidewalk (This front wheel looks about half the size). Might as well wear a full face helmet with these
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Originally posted by maryjane:

Ever rode in an old car that spit-sputtered-backfired, almost stopped----then caught, then spit sputtered, and backfired again and again?
That's how it was.
I've rode cantankerous horses that had a smoother gait.


Lol!
But you do eventually acquire a rhythm...correct?

P.S. The only horse I ever rode would NOT read my mind...someone told me they read your body.....?
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Yep they read your body-most of the time. Had one when I was a teenager that always knew if I took a boot out of the stirrup.
He always chose that moment to get a little antsy, or if I raised my butt up off the saddle, he would try to run out from under me and did a couple of times.
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Originally posted by maryjane:

Yep they read your body-most of the time. Had one when I was a teenager that always knew if I took a boot out of the stirrup.
He always chose that moment to get a little antsy, or if I raised my butt up off the saddle, he would try to run out from under me and did a couple of times.


Sounds like one of the first horses Melanie got me when we first moved to TN, Must have been a woman's horse before she got it for me. First time I went to get on it the dam thing pulled a hi o silver away, before I ever got my other foot in the other stirrup. Changed the horses name to dog food and it never did like me, hell anytime it saw me it would just start acting nuts. The farrier was there one time to do the horses feet and I came out of the house with a cup of coffee and the dam thing started to tense up and he noticed it right away.

I never did fall off him, but I sure did want to pull a Mongo on him more times than I care to remember !



She wouldn't let me though,

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Last colt I broke for my father was around 2004, and was a palomino that threw me 3 times before it settled down--the 3rd time I landed on a pile of junk iron.

Told my dad afterward "That's it for me--you gonna have to find someone younger to do this kind of crap."
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Anyone else here wanting to see Don on a segway?

It had to have been epic lol.

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Originally posted by maryjane:

1st link was a redirect. Chrome did not like it.
2nd was a scooter or gas powered skateboard--not powered roller skates. I'd buy a Segway before I bought one of those--but won't because the Segway I tried last week was a rough as heck ride just on an uneven sidewalk..


...for all your suspension needs.


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