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by RandallBrown 2927 days ago
Wow, the Segway Minilite is only $300. https://www.amazon.com/Segway-miniLITE-Balancing-Transporter...

Fill the sidewalks with these and you could have your own startup!

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> 11 Mile Range | 10 mph

Scooters go faster and have at least twice that range, I think.

doh, i'm over the max payload.
220lbs is a surprisingly low payload... Depending on height it's not at all difficult for even a healthy person to be that weight, let alone someone that lifts or is a bit chubby.

I wonder what kind of wiggle room there is?

very few people with low body fat percentage will be 220 lbs unless they are 99th percentile height. (6'4''+)

i would say the average athletic/fit person who is fairly lean (10-14% bf) [1] at a height of 6'0'' to 6'3'' will be anywhere from 165-205 lbs depending on frame, but very rarely more than 205 lbs

now there are definitely healthy and athletic and strong people who are at or above 220 at those heights but they will most probably be "overweight"[2] (have excess body fat) or on exogenous hormones enabling them to gain a lot of extra muscle mass (most bodybuilders, nfl players, college football players,etc) [3]

http://nattyornot.com/how-big-can-you-get-naturally-without-...

[1]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xtRJPJ1VQWk/Tj1ql1w-LrI/AAAAAAAAvi...

[2]https://storage.googleapis.com/media.mwcradio.com/flatterpag...

[3]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/97/7c/3c/977c3c65d9dc3aed71d5...

Even if your numbers meant anything (they don't) what's your point? It's ok to discriminate against unhealthy people?
Well that's cool, I guess HN isn't above some good old-fashioned fat-hate.
Who's hating fat people? This is just reality - heavy people weigh more, the Segway motors can't handle the weight.

Even if the motors could (they probably can), heavy people would use more battery.

By the way, literally nobody said fat until you. We were talking about heavy people.

it's only dwarfs who hate people above 220lbs and 6'3".
I would say it is difficult for most people unless they're quite tall.

You'd need lean mass similar to Paulo Costa 6'1 https://i.imgur.com/ZBeIgGp.jpg to be a in a healthy body fat range if my napkin math is correct.

Hmm, I don’t know a lot of healthy people who weight over 220 lbs.
I have plenty of athletic friends who are at least 6 feet tall and weigh more than 220.
I am not saying there aren’t any athletic people who weight over 220lbs. I am just saying that the vast majority of humans are not 6’2” so those who weight 220lbs+ Are mostly overweight than athletic
As one person I worked with in the health area BMI isn't that helpful when it comes to large guys 6 2 and up who do sports - the example they gave was the props in a premiership rugby team.
Yeah, BMI is not always relevant if you ignore the body fat percentage.
BMI is a pretty poor indicator. Raw bodyfat is probably the best measure of "obese or not."

Someone at 15% bodyfat and 6 feet, 1 inches tall can easily hit 220 pounds, if they have high muscle mass.

As another commenter pointed out, this isn't even considering the weight of clothing and carried items. My backpack usually weighs at least 15 pounds, sometimes up to 25. Clothes adds another, what, 3, 5, maybe even 8 pounds if I'm wearing boots?

ah, the pro. i only say the 176 of the lite.

At 193cm, with clothes, a backpack, laptop, i hit the 220lbs just so.

220lb just happens to be almost exactly 100kg, so there's probably a lot of "wiggle".

The BMI chart says someone should be 204cm tall for that weight to be the upper limit of healthy. Most charts don't bother extending this tall.

Maybe in north america...
These are actually immensely popular in China (Or maybe it's a copy?)