RVZoomie'sDad
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Anyone have or have used an ebike that will fit in the rear storage or even in the rear seat area?
depending on the frame size you will most likely have to pull off the front fork and handlebars. I have transported my large frame gravel bike in the back the rear seat back would need to be removed and I would highly recommend removing the rear stick. I was constantly worried about something shifting into the stick at a bad time.
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I’ve been seeing a lot in the news about e-bike batteries catching fire. I’d be concerned about carrying one of those in the cockpit.
when an e-bike blows up everything around it is toast:
https://youtu.be/v5jGYWhGnJ4?si=n2qPc9XkgZ_DEa1K
The chemistry in the e-bike batteries is the same chemistry in your phone, Ipad, laptop batteries. How often do you concern yourself with whether those batteries will catch fire in the cockpit? I know quite a few stories of those phones or laptops catching fire also.
Just another point to ponder.
I'd like to see a LiPO battery inside a battery bag inside a fuselage mock-up, touched off and recorded for posterity.
I bet the results are nothing I'd ever want to share the cockpit space with while trying to get back on the ground.