clueSep 3, 2025
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Well there are a lot of these "ebikes" going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that "ebikes" aren’t safe.

Was this"ebike" safe?

Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.

Wasn’t this built so that the battery didn't explode?

Well, obviously not.

How do you know?

Well, because the battery exploded and 20,000 pieces of shrapnel flew outwards into the public and the battery caught fire. It’s a bit of a giveaway. I’d just like to make the point that that is not normal.

Sep 3, 2025 at 3:22amWeb
Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)Sep 3, 2025
@xssfox "Has issues" like not being legal due to the >250W motor.
Show threadI love this, so ISep 3, 2025
@xssfox I love the load-bearing electrical tape
Show threadTóth Gábor BaltazárSep 3, 2025
@xssfox
I love the reference
Show threadSalearlymanSep 3, 2025
@xssfox actually, regular bikes actually catch fire all the time too, it's just so normalized that it doesn't get reported on.
Show threadrefraction Sep 3, 2025
@duk3luk3 @xssfox lithium ion batteries catch fire all the time. it's like a one in a million thing, but if we all have a bunch of them... yeah
Show threadJ. "Henry" WaughSep 3, 2025

@xssfox in a way reminds me of a friend who was injuired (fortunately not badly, full recovery long since) from a regular bike

He was going about 30 kph when he pulled a hard turn and leaned weight on it, and the two *main frame welds* failed

He vowed never to buy that cheap brand again... but didn't go on to think all bicycles were death traps

I feel like a different form of the same lesson applies here

Show threadK. Reid Wightman  🌻  Sep 3, 2025
@xssfox what’s the minimum crew requirement?
Show threadsabikSep 3, 2025
@reverseics @xssfox
one, i suppose
Show threadGusSep 3, 2025
@xssfox "has issues" is a load bearing phrase in this ad
Show threadErica Briony.Sep 3, 2025
@xssfox that's some qwality construction!
Show threadDeborah PickettSep 3, 2025
@xssfox Towing it outside the environment is exactly the correct course of action.
Show threadColinSep 3, 2025
@futzle @xssfox Dumping it into the Yarra is the bike equivalent of towing it outside the environment.
Show threadPeter Prevos 💧🎓📊🇳🇱🇦🇺Sep 3, 2025
@xssfox My traditional bike never explodes.
Show threadSteveg58Sep 3, 2025
@xssfox
Also "missing charger" probably means it was being charged without proper balancing or current/voltage management.
Show threadJustified Ancient of MoominSep 3, 2025
@xssfox I would be calling in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team on that ebike
Show threadColinSep 3, 2025
@ThermiteBeGiants @xssfox Why not be an amateur Explosive Ordnance Disposal Tech by riding it?
Show threadDavid PSep 3, 2025

@xssfox

Top speed of 67 km/h. Oh that's an issue right there.

Show threadthe gripe ibisSep 4, 2025
@xssfox
this makes me think of a folk punk band from pensacola, florida, united states. their first recording was released in 1997 on ghostmeat records and they were active all the way through to 2011.
Show threadKit BashirSep 4, 2025
@xssfox was about to ReplyGuyl with a TFFO ref when I realized the joke was coming from inside the toot. More coffee, stat!
Show threadJustified Ancient of MoominSep 4, 2025
@xssfox I love* how Australia’s best bogan-preneurs are going electric now, swapping whipper-snipper-engined drunk bikes for clean, mostly-silent ebikes that create pretty lithium metal fires