Where and how do UK residents upgrade?

Gaye · 01-08-2006, 09:13 AM

Admittedly we enlightened UK Segwayers are a tiny band of gliders but we seem to have been forgotten altogether.
If I want to upgrade my software or go for Liths it would appear from my investigations so far the unit has to be sent at least as far as Italy and possibly back to US all at HUGE cost.
Don't we from the colonies (!?) matter enough to have appropriate facilities here?
Gaye

Segway - LITERALLY revolutionising my life!

florin · 01-08-2006, 09:28 AM

My dealer tells me he can't get any liths yet. You might want to check with your dealer if he can get liths. Otherwise you don't have to worry yet about doing a upgrade.

Let's hope that this years SegwayFest will be held in brussels, then you can do your upgrade there and we both might be able to get lith batteries.

Kind regards,

Florin
The Gliding Dutchman

Socrates · 01-08-2006, 10:52 AM

Florin,

I am hearing the first time from a SegwayFest in Brussels. Are there any plans to have a SegwayFest?

Alex.

florin · 01-08-2006, 03:17 PM

Hi Socrates,

Brussels is one of the proposed locations, see for the full story this thread: http://www.segwaychat.com/forum/topi...TOPIC_ID=12541

I don't think that it will become the selected place, since it's organized by Seg America, but acording to Will, you never know. So let us keep our fingers crossed.

Kind regards,

Florin
The Gliding Dutchman

pam · 01-08-2006, 06:14 PM

I think that according to Steve (Desert Seg) the only European upgrades possible are through a company in (mind blank here) Spain (or Italy). It was in a thread that occurred a week or two ago.
Pam

Freddy · 01-08-2006, 11:22 PM

Gaye
What about BAE systems in UK
or send to Italy

Socrates · 01-09-2006, 04:40 AM

Hi,
it is somewhere in Italy, I don't know where exactly.
I contacted BAE Systems in UK as well, they don't offer the upgrade. But a very friendly person there is helping me to find out the italian address. As soon as I know it, I will tell it eyerybody.

Alex.

Desert_Seg · 01-09-2006, 05:20 AM

All,

L-Ion battery upgrade units have to be sent to the Segway Service Centers in Bedford or Milan, Italy and should be done via an authorized distributor / reseller.

Steven

--- EAMUS CATULI! ---

No person is truly useless. They may always serve as a bad example!

Gaye · 01-09-2006, 05:57 AM

Hi Desert Seg,
Is that Bedford in UK (she asks hopefully as I am but 60 miles from there) or Bedford somewhere else? Just to reassure you I DO know Milan is in Italy before you worry that I might be a complete 'air head'!!
Bye for now
Gaye

Segway - LITERALLY revolutionising my life!

Socrates · 01-09-2006, 06:44 AM

With Bedford, Steven means the Bedford in the east coast region of the US.
Alex

01-08-2006, 09:13 AM	#1
Gaye Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: , Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. Posts: 157	Where and how do UK residents upgrade? Admittedly we enlightened UK Segwayers are a tiny band of gliders but we seem to have been forgotten altogether. If I want to upgrade my software or go for Liths it would appear from my investigations so far the unit has to be sent at least as far as Italy and possibly back to US all at HUGE cost. Don't we from the colonies (!?) matter enough to have appropriate facilities here? Gaye Segway - LITERALLY revolutionising my life!

01-08-2006, 09:28 AM	#2
florin The Gliding Dutchman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 1,088	My dealer tells me he can't get any liths yet. You might want to check with your dealer if he can get liths. Otherwise you don't have to worry yet about doing a upgrade. Let's hope that this years SegwayFest will be held in brussels, then you can do your upgrade there and we both might be able to get lith batteries. Kind regards, Florin The Gliding Dutchman

01-08-2006, 10:52 AM	#3
Socrates Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: , , Austria. Posts: 154	Florin, I am hearing the first time from a SegwayFest in Brussels. Are there any plans to have a SegwayFest? Alex.

01-08-2006, 03:17 PM	#4
florin The Gliding Dutchman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 1,088	Hi Socrates, Brussels is one of the proposed locations, see for the full story this thread: http://www.segwaychat.com/forum/topi...TOPIC_ID=12541 I don't think that it will become the selected place, since it's organized by Seg America, but acording to Will, you never know. So let us keep our fingers crossed. Kind regards, Florin The Gliding Dutchman

01-08-2006, 06:14 PM	#5
pam Last of the Early 30 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Yelm, WA Posts: 4,679	I think that according to Steve (Desert Seg) the only European upgrades possible are through a company in (mind blank here) Spain (or Italy). It was in a thread that occurred a week or two ago. Pam

01-08-2006, 11:22 PM	#6
Freddy Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Posts: 157	Gaye What about BAE systems in UK or send to Italy

01-09-2006, 04:40 AM	#7
Socrates Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: , , Austria. Posts: 154	Hi, it is somewhere in Italy, I don't know where exactly. I contacted BAE Systems in UK as well, they don't offer the upgrade. But a very friendly person there is helping me to find out the italian address. As soon as I know it, I will tell it eyerybody. Alex.

01-09-2006, 05:20 AM	#8
Desert_Seg Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Posts: 2,533	All, L-Ion battery upgrade units have to be sent to the Segway Service Centers in Bedford or Milan, Italy and should be done via an authorized distributor / reseller. Steven --- EAMUS CATULI! --- No person is truly useless. They may always serve as a bad example!

01-09-2006, 05:57 AM	#9
Gaye Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: , Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. Posts: 157	Hi Desert Seg, Is that Bedford in UK (she asks hopefully as I am but 60 miles from there) or Bedford somewhere else? Just to reassure you I DO know Milan is in Italy before you worry that I might be a complete 'air head'!! Bye for now Gaye Segway - LITERALLY revolutionising my life!

01-09-2006, 06:44 AM	#10
Socrates Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: , , Austria. Posts: 154	With Bedford, Steven means the Bedford in the east coast region of the US. Alex

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