Hi All, I was just in Europe for work these last few weeks, and well, I really enjoyed the e-bikes ride share thing that's everywhere. Much more fun and much cheaper than taxis. And more legit for a 2 mi jaunt than walking which is yes good, but a bit much.
Anyway my wife and I had already been talking about e-bikes in part for the airplane - in part because often a rural destination is 10 mi or such from the town we want to go to and with luggage and all it just seems sometimes we lazy-
A few observations.
First battery fires are possible, but almost all of them occur from charging, usually from overcharging, or from being physically damaged. If you buy a pack that’s made from Li-po’s be sure they are either 186500’s or 21700’s. The last zero digit indicates they are metal encased cylinders, the first four digits indicate physical size as in mm’s, a 2170 is 21mm and 70mm tall for example. The metal encased cells are much harder to damage, usually takes serious hit to damag