House burns down due to exploding bike battery

Ravi Kempaiah

Ravi Kempaiah

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Wow, that's really crazy.
My gut feeling is that it was a DIY bike with some crappy LiFePo/LiPo or no BMS whatsoever.
 
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Clark

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"In the last 16 months, we've had five of these lithium battery-type fires," Derlacki said. Bend, Oregon pop. is 80k, pretty high fire rate for that size population, right?
 
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PGT

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Yes, but its proportionally high in green-tech hipsters. Still....they usually ride fixies.
 
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JoePah

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Zero details about the bike or the battery.. too bad...

Always makes me wonder if I'm doing something wrong with my bike..
 
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TeaBeforeWar

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PGT said:
Yes, but its proportionally high in green-tech hipsters. Still....they usually ride fixies.
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Pff, Bend? You might be thinking of Portland - Bend's a bunch of retired folks who like to bike and ski. Haven't seen a single fixie in town, but I know a few older folks with eBikes so they can keep up on group rides.
 
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JoePah

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TeaBeforeWar said:
Pff, Bend? You might be thinking of Portland - Bend's a bunch of retired folks who like to bike and ski. Haven't seen a single fixie in town, but I know a few older folks with eBikes so they can keep up on group rides.[/QUOTE

I ride a fixie/single speed in flat Florida.. Can't see riding one on Oregon, unless it's out East where it's much flatter.
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