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

[Pazos, Javier]

I believe that Mythbusters actually did do an episode on the topic of clothing combustion.  They found that certain fertizers will indeed cause clothing to become incendiary.  So maybe it wasn't vodka he had in them thar shorts.

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>
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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> From: Debbie Chaga <dreamerdeb at gmail.com>
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> 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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