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Old 02-07-2007, 05:10 PM   #10 (permalink)
Mike Kruger
 
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Re: Propane on a bike

Daryl Hunt wrote:
> "dgk" <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:s0jjs2pq4q658fch6o9gd3r74mc31l4grb@4ax.com...
>> So I'm sitting in a car getting gas early last Saturday on our way
>> from NYC to Washington, and I see a bike ride into the station and
>> stop at the convenience store. The bike has some sort of platform
>> grafted onto the back filled with various things, one of which is a
>> propane can.
>>

> I do this all the time. Got a newsflash for you. That Propane Tank
> can take a harder hit and still keep on ticking than you or your bike
> can. If you get nailed hard enough to explode the tank you won't be
> around anyway due to the instant death from the impact. Okay, you
> will be poast toasties as well but I don't think you will mind after
> that.

When I was in India last December, I saw bicyclists carrying cans of fuel
all the time. Daryl's most likely right.


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