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Old September 11th 12, 04:15 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Frank Krygowski[_3_]
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ĄJones wrote:
I was riding with a group a few days ago; I'm usually a solo rider,
but made an exception.

Anyway, one of the riders had a head lamp with a li-po battery in his
pack. He, apparently, had some metallic tools in the pannier, also.
This caused a short circuit and the result was spectacular.

Once upon a time, I saw a napalm tank rupture and ignite on an F4
while it was on the ground at Qui Nhon... 'bout the same, only on a
smaller scale, of course. It happened on a long hill and it took him
several seconds to realize that he was burning.

Damn, those lithium-polymer batteries do burn merrily! Top it off, he
had a CG frame! And, to make matters even worse, he had just finished
an argument about CG frames.

Jones


Wow. Too bad nobody got a photo!


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