This morning I saw my neighbor who commutes by segway dejectedly dragging the thing home through the slush. I asked her what was up and she said it wasn't doing well on the hill. I told he if the bike could handle it the segway should and encouraged her to pick paths through like I do. I noticed that she said it wouldn't start on an icy incline perpendicular to the line of motion. I rode beside her up and down the first hill till we got to well salted streets. It seemed like the bike did better on the icy road than the segway but I think with all the computing power and gyroscopes the segway should do better. It might be that she was skittish after failing the first time. I got the impression that the segway failed if it began to slide sideways on the ice.