The 25mph Modded Segway of Death. #segway

In life there are mods, and then there are mods. This tweaked Segway with significantly larger wheels plays on basic physics push to the device’s top speed up to 25mph. That doesn’t sound like a lot to a society used to 70mph+. But when you’re on a top-heavy, two-wheeled machine that uses nothing more than a few gyroscopes and electric motors to keep you from faceplanting into the pavement, it’s considerably more dangerous.

You know you want to hop inside and check it out…

ColoWare does the Segway

Getting your personal gadget of desire touched up by ColorWare can be pricey depending on the amount of customization and the gadget at hand. Though if the gadget in question is a Segway, the minuscule cost (all things considered) to have it primped and primed all GQ-like seems rather moot, wouldn’t you say?

On the order of customizable parts, get ready: handle bar, upper leansteer, lower leansteer, leansteer hub, center console, front bumper, rear bumper, front battery, rear battery, fenders, inner hubs, wheels and hub caps can all be tweaked how you see fit. Quite the options list, huh? I’m pretty sure no two ColorWare Segways will ever look alike.

So for those where money falls from trees, hit up ColorWare and have at it.

A Segway with a big, fat training wheel: The Cool Rider

Living in big cities with big malls or even small cities that somehow manage to build gargantuan malls, hours upon hours can be spent navigating the various corridors, window shopping, actual shopping, and just having a fun time. If you’re like me, you live in a small town with a “mall” — more or less a collection of stores. Regardless of the malls size or paycheck, they somehow manage to fix up the infamous mall cop battalion with Segways. In the case of my mall, I’m sure they raised rent, slashed pay, and sold all employees’ first born in order to afford such a high tech gadget. But I digress…

Whether you find the Segway to big, expensive, or simply don’t like it, you now have a second more economical and smaller option in the “Cool Rider”. The Cool Rider is sort of like a Segway Trike/Segway with a big training wheel on the front. Hell, it’s Friday let’s keep going — you could call it a disproportionate chopper if you wanted. Tiny wheels in back and a monstrous tire up front. Had your fun…? Ok. Moving on for real…

The Cool Rider like the Segway tops out at 12mph. It doesn’t seem like much in text but inches from the ground and riding on a platform that resembles a thin plate means it will seem much faster in real life. One other high point for the Cool Rider is the price. While the Segway still goes for several thousands of dollars, you can pick up a Cool Rider for a cool not warm $1250 — a steal where Segways are concerned. If you reallly want to be daring you can eschew the platform all together and provide your own wheels, using the Cool Rider’s big wheel up front up to the task of lugging your carcass around.

So whataya say? Give the kids a big Thanksgiving meal or get yourself a Cool Rider in time for Christmas to cruise around the mall and pick up chicks? Oh decisions decisions…

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