Segway of Oakland’s abnormally customized electric machines are not alone alluring the absorption of Bay Area pedestrians, but aswell judges, as they took home a first-place cost in the sixth anniversary San Francisco Rod, Custom, and Motorcycle Show at the Cow Palace Jan. 13-15.
-- Segway of Oakland’s abnormally customized electric machines are not alone alluring the absorption of Bay Area pedestrians, but aswell judges, as they took home a first-place cost in the sixth anniversary San Francisco Rod, Custom, and Motorcycle Show at the Cow Palace Jan. 13-15.
“There were 2,000 cars on display, and we were appropriate in there next to the air-conditioned custom cars and choppers,” said Segway of Oakland partner, Steve Steinberg. “For my entry, ‘Fancy Pants,’ I took an aboriginal i67 (one of the aboriginal Segway models) and customized it with all-terrain tires and rims, polished-aluminum fenders, bent-tubing blast guards, and a diamond-plated bivouac with admixture rims. You could see the cars anchored abaft us in the brightness of the fenders. It absolutely sparkled.”
Judges awarded Steinberg and his conception a first-place applique in the specialty class, while acquainted the activity it acquired for its striking, one-of-a-kind look. The self-balancing Segway is already one of the a lot of acclaimed claimed electric cars in the world, and accepting arena as a applicable addition to internal-combustion engines for beneath commutes.
“All the board fabricated comments about Fancy Pants, and we gave out about 500 business cards and 1,000 brochures,” Steinberg noted, abacus a arrangement was in the works with a ample electronics aggregation to accommodate 5 custom units for an accessible civic bout of Canadian Cirque du Soleil’s traveling group. The application company’s logo adorns these units, backlit in aluminum and pink, and they are set up to axle 32-inch television sets while advancement absolute balance.
“A lot of things at the appearance accept been there for years and years, the aforementioned cars and trucks…Bigfoot,” he added. “This was the aboriginal of what will apparently become a trend in customized electric vehicles, but appropriate now aggregate is still the old gas-powered stuff.”
Steinberg brought in the customized amalgamation to appearance off his adeptness to accommodate any archetypal into a one-of-a-kind plan of art through three custom kits bogus with exclusive, bolt-together pieces. Much the way Lego blocks fit together, Segway of Oakland kits – created in affiliation with Andre Enterprises – acquiesce the user to accomplish and accommodate abounding custom configurations.
“We got our Segways in foreground of bags of humans who are absolutely into customized machines already,” said Segway of Oakland accomplice Darren Romar. “We feel like this is area we should appearance them off, at this blazon of event.”
Steinberg’s next big accident is a mid-February all-embracing Segway Polo match. Several countries will forward contingents to New Zealand for the first-of-its-kind competition, and media networks (CNN and ESPN) are reportedly planning coverage.
More advice on custom Segways is amid online at www.segwayofoakland.com and www.segwayjunkyard.com , as able-bodied as www.andreenterprises.com. Segway of Oakland, at 212 International Blvd. abreast Lake Merritt, offers new-and-used sales, rentals, and breathtaking lessons/tours about the lake. The blast amount is (510) 832-2429.
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