Originally Posted by
Pop N Wood
Yet the numbers speak for themselves, conspiracy theories about cheap importers aside.
The numbers say nothing at all. Bike Forum's own Bulgie addressed this topic in a post in 1997, back in usenet days, when he noted, wittily, that European manufacturers of bike components had a long tradition of reducing the weight of a given component until, in his words, "The death toll became prohibitive" and they improved the safety of the component, voluntarily or otherwise.
Some people believe the incidence of battery fires has reached the point of warranting increased oversight. You believe it hasn't. Fair enough.