On Monday, March 26, 2018 at 12:15:26 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
Remember when some folks here scoffed at that risk? Bernd Ullrich in the
German language bike NG posted this link but it is in German:
http://www.rp-online.de/panorama/aus...-aid-1.7479241
Here are link with photos and a video of the fi
http://www.vol.at/vorarlberg-waldbra...rsberg/5722558
http://vorarlberg.orf.at/news/stories/2903197/
Long story short it says that a Swiss MTB rider parked his MTB in grass
after a downhill ride. Then ... phut ... smoke and flames. He and two
other guys were unable to put out the fast-spreading fire. Two
helicopters over 100 fire fighters were required to get this under control.
The scoffers are so sorry to have scoffed! We will now proceed to hysteria!
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/w...p/p03lcphh.jpg
-- Jay Beattie.
BTW -- note to Swiss MTB rider: if your bike has flaming hot rotors, lay it down on the right side or lean it against a tree.