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Red Ghost
08-08-2009, 11:51 PM
Being a new Segway i180 owner, I was wondering if you are able to use it while it is raining. You know the drill- go to work in sunshine, leave work and it's a monsoon. I lean on the side of caution not to, but being a kid on the inside, it would be fun. And if you have ridden in the rain, how is it? Thanks.

Michael.



wwhopper
08-09-2009, 09:42 AM
If you would not walk out in it, you probably would not glide out in it.

Though many of us who were out in the monsoons that were all over SegwayFesT 2005 New Hampshire, found that a good poncho and good friends means good gliding no matter the weather!

Go out and Glide with Abandon!
KSagal
08-09-2009, 10:00 AM
I have glidden on gen 1 segways in bad weather. I have only seen the glider give up or get bested by the weather, never the glide. (People give up before the segway)

Even when having fun, eventually most will realize it is time to come in out of the rain...:D
Lily Kerns
08-09-2009, 01:08 PM
Does anyone make glasses with windshield wipers?
coaster
08-09-2009, 01:42 PM
Found some here:)

http://www.seihin-world.com/s/2004/12/21_0052.php

Cheers Phil
KSagal
08-09-2009, 05:58 PM
Found some here:)

http://www.seihin-world.com/s/2004/12/21_0052.php

Cheers Phil


That is an interesting link. It is for sun glasses with wipers. You would think that the days you need sun glasses, you don't need wipers, and days you need wipers, should not be so bright as to need sun glasses...

An interesting mix. I wonder how many others that there are out there... I am thinking of maybe some swim shorts, with a flannel lining to keep you warm, or of course, the proverbial submarine with screen doors...
Mamrax
08-10-2009, 08:44 AM
I've been caught in the rain a few times. I keep a dollar store poncho in my bag and it works really well. The Segway doesn't seem to mind but my shoes get pretty soaked. I actually find it kind of fun!
DarthSegVator
08-10-2009, 08:46 AM
http://www.nubrella.com/
Joushou
08-10-2009, 10:22 AM
http://www.nubrella.com/

They look like something from a movie-spacesuit :D

Way better than an umbrella, but i think i could find something that looked prettier... :P
C3RS
08-10-2009, 01:38 PM
I use pancho (like all...because i always have a big bag :D)

http://www.decathlon.fr/products-pictures/asset_15200197.jpg
Bob.Kerns
08-10-2009, 02:14 PM
It's a bad idea to use a Segway during a tornado. Or on a hilltop during a lightning storm. Or when it's hurling golf-ball-sized hailstones at you.

It's probably also wise to avoid using your Segway during an ice storm, or during a blizzard.

Otherwise...don't worry about your Segway. Worry about keeping yourself comfortable. Dressed appropriately, you can use your Segway in a downpour. I'd actually rather take my Segway in those conditions, than my car. Visibility is better, and generally you'll have to get out of your car eventually, and wearing all that rain gear in the car isn't all that comfortable...
SegNerd
08-10-2009, 02:24 PM
I am one of several posters on this board from the Portland area... suffice it to say, if Segways didn't work in the rain, no one in Oregon would own one. :p

(In fact, that goes for Seattle too.)
team222badbrad
08-10-2009, 02:30 PM
Yesterday I was visiting my local country airport watching the guys fly their RC vehicles.

I packed and dressed for a downpour! 5 minutes after I left on my 25 minute (5 mile) journey back home, it started raining hard!

Raincoat, sandals, and a baseball cap.

Best ride yet!

Love hearing the water rooster tail off the wheels! :D
Bob.Kerns
08-10-2009, 02:39 PM
Yesterday I was visiting my local country airport watching the guys fly their RC vehicles.

I packed and dressed for a downpour! 5 minutes after I left on my 25 minute (5 mile) journey back home, it started raining hard!

Raincoat, sandals, and a baseball cap.

Best ride yet!

Love hearing the water rooster tail off the wheels! :D

Erika, my 8-year-old, is visiting friends in NC (with her mom). When she heard it might rain there this week, she was astonished.

"It's the wrong time of year!"

She's never seen more than a bit of mist during the summer months (roughly, May-Oct).
Joushou
08-10-2009, 03:15 PM
Erika, my 8-year-old, is visiting friends in NC (with her mom). When she heard it might rain there this week, she was astonished.

"It's the wrong time of year!"

She's never seen more than a bit of mist during the summer months (roughly, May-Oct).

Send her to Denmark, and she won't know the difference of the seasons anymore ;) (The weather during Danish seasons seem to be relatively random, only following a faint pattern in temperature...)
We've recently had massive amounts of downpour, and a thunderstorm...