Earthbound gliders take in Maui from atop silky-smooth Segways

By Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 03, 2013

~~<p>Tomas Havranek's introduction to the Segway PT (Personal Transporter) seven years ago was love at first glide. "When my wife, Andrea, and I first tried riding it at a park, we thought it was one of the coolest things we had ever done," he said. "Segway PT rides are called ‘glides' because that's what they are: smooth, quiet and relaxing."</p>
<p>The couple bought two of the self-balancing two-wheeled vehicles with the intention of selling them at the store they owned a few miles from their home in a Chicago suburb. They liked them so much, however, they wound up keeping them.</p>
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Tomas Havranek's introduction to the Segway PT (Personal Transporter) seven years ago was love at first glide. "When my wife, Andrea, and I first tried riding it at a park, we thought it was one of the coolest things we had ever done," he said. "Segway PT rides are called ‘glides' because that's what they are: smooth, quiet and relaxing."

The couple bought two of the self-balancing two-wheeled vehicles with the intention of selling them at the store they owned a few miles from their home in a Chicago suburb. They liked them so much, however, they wound up keeping them. Login for more...