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0 pointsmarssaxman2y ago0 comments

I just bought an electric longboard with large, all-terrain wheels - not for off-roading, but so I don't have to worry so much about the gravel and potholes on poorly-maintained Seattle streets. Seems to work well, so far - I can ride right down the unpaved gravel alleyway behind my house, even. You can still feel the bumps and ruts, but you just roll right along, there's none of the lurching you get with smaller wheels.

Ebikes are both fun and practical, but I don't know where I'd store one during the work day; the skateboard can just come up the elevator with me.

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sleepybrett2y ago· 2 in thread

I am also in seattle, I wouldn't want to ride the streets in ballard with a skateboard, even with 'all-terrain wheels'. See a couple of onewheels doing it though.

I store my bike in the bike cage at work, when I go into the office, most offices have them. At home I store it in my apt, we've had a couple of garage breakins that got a few bikes in the last couple of years. My bike is a folding model so I can store it in the big laundry closet I have to get it out of the way.

Reubachi2y ago

I'm sure you've both seen and by now gotten tired of this discussion, but storing your high capacity/discharge lithium batteries literally in your home (or apartment, doubly so!!) is unsafe. In NYC alone this year there where 13 deaths directly attributed to li-ion bike batteries exploding from thermal overrun..

Unlike say, justifying using candles or incense because you may have a fire extinguisher......a battery fire will not yield to common extinguisher chemicals. All year round FDs are stuck taking a whole day to monitor/extinguish a battery fire, usually after it's gutted a multi famaly apartment.

Or, maybe HN can tell me I'm wrong finally and that the e-bike battery fire pandemic is over? I am afterall a lazy stay at home who hasn't been on a bike in ages :p

sleepybrett2y ago

Most of the ebike fires I've looked into are caused by shoddily 'repaired' or damaged batteries while being charged. I charge my battery in a BBQ on the little 'porch' I have outside my apt or just this reason. These batteries are the same as the batteries in most of your electronics the only difference being they are probably quite a bit larger. Obviously we don't worry about charging our phones on the nightstand or our roombas in a pantry but they pose very similar danger.

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