Stand-up touring.Forget those tour vans. The newest new way to see the sights of L.A. is on a Segway, that much-hyped motorized scooter A motorized scooter is vehicle consisting of a footboard mounted on two wheels and a long steering handle, propelled by a 50cc gas motor, such as a Segway, GoPed or BladeZ, or even Xtreme Scooters. A motorized kick scooter may have an electric or a gas motor. . Axel Schine, a former computer consultant who bought a Segway just for fun, found that people were constantly asking him to let them ride it. So a year ago, he began giving Segway tours of L.A. He bought about 20 Segways, mapped out tour routes of Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. and Hollywood and began charging $89 a head for a two-hour group tour. He calls his business Segwow. "The tours are a way for people to have some fun seeing the city," Schine said. He runs two or three tours a day for groups of anywhere from four to 20 people. Each tour is preceded by a 30-minute Segway training session. Segwow has gradually expanded the number of tour routes to 12, including Santa Monica/Venice Beach, Westwood Village, Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. and even the Los Angeles National Cemetery The Los Angeles National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in West Los Angeles, at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Sepulveda Boulevard. The cemetery was dedicated in 1889. . The most popular tours: celebrity homes around Beverly Hills, the Hollywood sign The Hollywood Sign is a famous landmark in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, spelling out the name of the area in 15.2 m (50 ft)[1] high white letters. and Venice. "Because they can go along narrow paths, Segways can go to places tour buses can't, so you really get a different perspective," Schine said. And wherever the Segway riders go, they become the tourist attractions. "Cameras pop out of the windows of the tour buses and people are taking pictures of us," Schine said. |
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