City Segway Tours

A young American created Fat Tire Bike Tours in Paris, France in May 1999 and since that first day, the company has led hundreds of thousands of customers through Paris, Versailles and Normandy (Monets Gardens) on bicycle. In 2003 Fat Tire was asked to lead a group of journalists around Paris while riding on these new state-of-the-art machines called Segways. While we rode bicycles, the journalists rode Segways and we were only permitted to try out the Segways at the Louvre, just beside the grand pyramid. The machines were fantastic and the ease at which one could maneuver was impressive. Suddenly we were much more photographed and interesting to others than the Louvres pyramid and - bingo - the idea for City Segway Tours was born. It was abundantly clear that the history of the Eiffel Tower didnt change whether we were leading guests on bicycle or on Segways, and the routes also could to be similar as theyre both wheeled vehicles. Soon after, City Segway Tours became the firs...