[DVBC] FW: Polish cyclist's shorts catch fire

[dster at craftech.com]

>
Tom,

Sounds like a great idea.  Contact mythbusters;  ask them to try it with
and without corderoys, cigtarettes, and vodca.  Maybe the rider had white
lightning on his chain as well.

D'stre`




 This sounds like an urban legend to me. I could see bike shorts melting
> but not bursting into flame. Maybe someone could donate an old pair of
> shorts to test this theory. Or we could call Myth Busters.   Tom
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Dan Dillon <grey48wolf at verizon.net>
>
> Jake is safe as his speed,plus his chain keep coming off...
> DD
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Debbie Chaga <dreamerdeb at gmail.com>
> To: dvbc-list at dvbc.org
> Sent: Monday, March 3, 2008 12:50:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [DVBC] FW: Polish cyclist's shorts catch fire
>
> Better watch out Jake!
>
>
> On 3/3/08, Robert J Young <ryoung at mlea.com> wrote:
>  [RJY]    Man!  THAT'S godda sting!
>
> 'Flaming Torch' Cyclist Seriously Burnt
>
> By Sky News SkyNews - Thursday, February 28 03:01 pm
> A cyclist who suffered second degree burns while riding may have been
> pedalling so hard his trousers caught fire.
> Mieczyslaw Jasinski was described as a "human torch" by stunned witnesses
> in Poland.
> The 55-year-old told doctors how he smelt burning while enjoying a ride
> and looked down to see his trousers in flames.
> Mieczyslaw said he jumped off the bike and rolled on the ground to try and
> extinguish the fire.
> But he still suffered second degree burns to his legs, back and stomach.
> Passers-by found him lying on the side of the road in Koroszczyn.
> The tattered remains of his trousers were still smoking and he was
> groaning in pain.
> A police spokesman said: "Witnesses said he was like a flaming torch
> cycling along the road.
> "We do not know how it happened but we have heard that it could have been
> caused by a reaction between friction as he cycled, sweat and the material
> of his trousers."
>
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