“Never understimate the stupidity of the consumer” Read the publicity blurb for the Segway HT (also summarised in this post). Now substitute Segway with ‘bicycle’ and then ask yourself, why spend $5000 for something that does the same (and more) for 1/10 of the price? Electric scooters probably have a role, but you can find better value from companies such as ZAP

Tall Bike Tour Britain The brothers’ chronicle in verse! “…They weave through spring blossoms in estuarine suburbs, and dove-cooing cul-de-sacs, Then ride the sea wall through faded resorts with a blustery wind at their backs, Down Margate parade, the Dreamlands Arcade, which under-paid immigrants tend, Then up in the gloom to Bleak House and Broadstairs (-these were of course Dickens’s ends)…” David Butcher: Pedal Powered Generator “Every morning, I pedal to generate electricity. The Pedal Generator charges batteries, that run an inverter, that produces 110v [...]

Our courier riders often have to cross the Royal Parks. They cycle legally on cycle lanes. Or so we thought; for the past year, they have been harassed by Police, because they contravene a regulation that forbids commercial vehicles in the Parks. So far it has been fruitless to point out to the Royal Parks Agency and to the Health & Safety Executive that by enforcing this regulation (which I doubt was intended to cover pedal cyclists), our riders are forced on very dangerous roads, [...]