How safe are we on a bike in a storm?

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05-27-11, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by tagaproject6

Yeah, but if you are fart in a paceline during a thunderstrom...will you be safe?

Sounds like a fire risk to me, I wouldn't want to be behind you. This could make a good joint episode of Mythbusters meets Jackarse, lighting a fart with a bolt of lightning.

05-27-11, 05:49 PM

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Yeah, but if you are fart in a paceline during a thunderstrom...will you be safe?

No, because you will suddenly accelerate and hit the wheel in front of you.

05-27-11, 06:12 PM

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No, because you will suddenly accelerate and hit the wheel in front of you.

Well - the gases will not explode inside you when struck by lightning. Just the other gases in your body, lungs etc... So I guess technically your safer.

But not as safe as keeping those valve caps on.

05-27-11, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tagaproject6

Yeah, but if you are fart in a paceline during a thunderstrom...will you be safe?

You may be but the guy behind you will likely have his face burned off.

05-28-11, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by AEO

yeah, well, air and H2O don't conduct electricity, but that lightning arc comes down somehow.

I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure water conducts electricity, which is why your electronics don't work after you drop them in it. Water short circuits everything and components get fried. And it's the ionized particles in the air that conduct the electricity, not the individual air molecules.

Who knows, maybe I'm 100% wrong, but I'm pretty sure there's some truth in that statement