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02-07-2007, 06:48 PM

On Feb 7, 5:28 pm, "Leo Lichtman" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].net> wrote:
> Let's take an epidemiological approach. How many examples are there of fuel
> tanks exploding due to an impact? Can't remember any? QED.

I can remember one fatal, (although death was probably due to
collision, not fire) with a motorhome. The article did not make it
clear whether it was a punctured tank or a damaged line (speculating,
but I'd bet on the line, not the tank), but it was definitely a
propane explosion folowing a *major* collision.

Austin

02-08-2007, 06:06 AM

On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:15:35 -0800, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats)
wrote:

>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> dgk <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>> 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.
>
>Maybe it was an XtraCycle rig?
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
>
>cheers,
> Tom

Ha, I love it. A Sport Utility Bicycle. No, it was clearly homemade; a
platform of some kind.

02-12-2007, 08:10 PM

On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:03:46 -0500, dgk wrote:

> 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 think it was propane. It's one of those tanks for the gas barbeque.
> And I'm thinking that perhaps it isn't the best of ideas to ride
> around with a tank of gas on the back of your bike. On the other hand,
> if someone plows into him, they do get what they deserve.
>
> Maybe riding around with an empty tank on the back of the bike will
> ward off folks passing too closely?

I don't see your point? If i worried about what would happen if someone
crashed into me, I would never get on the bike! if it is carried in a
way which doesnt interfere with the operation of the bike, I dont see
any problem.

Did you see that worlds worst driver thing where the idiot car driver
ran out room IN the car, so he loaded stuff under the hood? It caught
fire 'cause there was material in there, the look on the fireman's face
when he pulled out the LP can was priceless!

02-13-2007, 03:57 AM

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:10:12 GMT, me <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:03:46 -0500, dgk wrote:
>
>> 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 think it was propane. It's one of those tanks for the gas barbeque.
>> And I'm thinking that perhaps it isn't the best of ideas to ride
>> around with a tank of gas on the back of your bike. On the other hand,
>> if someone plows into him, they do get what they deserve.
>>
>> Maybe riding around with an empty tank on the back of the bike will
>> ward off folks passing too closely?
>
>I don't see your point? If i worried about what would happen if someone
>crashed into me, I would never get on the bike! if it is carried in a
>way which doesnt interfere with the operation of the bike, I dont see
>any problem.
>
>Did you see that worlds worst driver thing where the idiot car driver
>ran out room IN the car, so he loaded stuff under the hood? It caught
>fire 'cause there was material in there, the look on the fireman's face
>when he pulled out the LP can was priceless!

No, that's pretty funny. But I've had all sorts of stuff fall off a
bike. If it's a propane tank I'd be more concerned than for a bag of
oranges.

02-13-2007, 08:25 AM

I carry my acetylene tank on my bike when I need more for brazing -- not
safe to carry acetylene tanks inside an enclosed vehicle, and I don't
own a pickup truck, so I stand it up in a grocery-bag pannier on the
left rear. Never had any trouble with it.

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