---
title: "Check Out These Retro Chic Segways"
description: "As cool as a Segway gets."
date: "2016-03-07"
modified: "2016-03-07"
authors:
  - name: "Jonathon Ramsey"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/jonathon-ramsey"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/design/2454/check-out-these-retro-chic-segways"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "China"
  - "segway"
---

# Check Out These Retro Chic Segways

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/archive-images/030316-zero-scooter-hero.jpg>)
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After happening upon the [Barcelona designers at Nice Trails](<https://www.thedrive.com/design/2446/nice-trails-builds-3d-printed-models-of-your-awesome-off-road-adventures>), it took us only a few leaps of Internet hopscotch to land on fellow Barca design shop [Bel & Bel](<https://belybel.com/eng/>). The industrial and furniture creators at *Nice and Nice* conceived the most unlikely fusion of the handlebars, front fairing and wheel spats inspired by an early-sixties Vespa 90 atop the gyro-laden platform of a Segway. It’s called the Zero-Scooter, and it’s the coolest thing to happen to a Segway since the company [put swollen off-road tires](<https://www.segway.com/products/consumer-lifestyle/segway-x2-se>) on the personal transporter. This means the retro-future mash-up is only the second cool thing to happen to a Segway, ever.

Bel & Bel calls this “the world’s first auto-balanced scooter” because that’s the nomenclature adopted by the hopeful personal transport industry. We'd call that characterization “mirthfully romantic.” It looks, rolls, and whirrs like a Segway and requires the same skillful balance to operate, making this, in the eyes of the court, anything but a scooter.

![030316-zero-scooter-art-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/030316-zero-scooter-art-1.jpg>)
**Bel & Bel**

In case your news feed missed the latest developments, [Chinese company Ninebot purchased Segway](<https://time.com/3822962/segway-ninebot-china/>) in April 2015 and sells its products alongside those from the better-known brand. (Ninebot is, in turn, owned by Chinese conglomerate Xaomi, recognized here more for its cellphones.) The Zero-Scooter uses the base from the [Ninebot E+](<https://www.segway.com/products/consumer-lifestyle/ninebot-e-plus>) model and comes in at 55 pounds, three pounds beyond the stock device. The mundane specs are a 12-mph top speed, a range of up to 19 miles, and three to four hours to recharge. The profound detail is that you can order your Zero-Scooter in “Infinite Colors.”

![030316-zero-scooter-art-2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/030316-zero-scooter-art-2.jpg>)
**Bel & Bel**

Naturally, that kind of infinite cool is going to cost you. You can source a plain [Ninebot E+ online for $3,199](<https://ninebot.blogspot.com/>), whereas the package from Barcelona demands €5,950 (about $6,514) plus shipping. Bel & Bel says they can provide the Vespa-fied conversion kit if you already have a Ninebot E+, it will lower you net worth by €3,480 (about $3,815). But this is art, not Ikea; if you’re going to go down this vivid retro road, you should let Bel & Bel do all the work to get you rolling.

![030316-zero-scooter-art-3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/030316-zero-scooter-art-3.jpg>)
**Bel & Bel**

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