On Apr 9, 12:29*am, RobertH wrote:
On Apr 7, 3:06 pm, Jim Wilkins wrote:

Segways are pretty cool, but I'd wager that anything you can haul with
a Segway I could haul with a standard bike. Could be a John Henry
moment. Several times I have pulled dollies/hand carts with around 200
pounds on a standard bicycle.

I'm sure you could in wide-open vehicle spaces, I've hauled a small
boat many miles with a bicycle. Either can transport me + the other
one, so I could ride upstream, float down, then ride home.

Segways also operate just fine in people spaces, like office aisles,
while unless you stop and muscle it around a bicycle isn't much more
maneuverable indoors than a forklift. The GM plant where I worked for
a while had pedal trikes for people who carried stuff around. They
were safer because they didn't have a minimum speed for balance.

Electric motors generate a voltage proportional to their RPM, the Back
EMF. When they are externally spun fast enough the Back EMF can be
rectified to recharge the batteries. That's all that that basic
Regenerative Braking amounts to.

Jim Wilkins