I have told this before, but last year I broke my leg and my rehab roommate was in tough shape with broken ribs and back. She and her husband were riding their new $3600 tandem bike when all of a sudden the lithium battery exploded, sending her into a ravine, her husband fell on top of her and the bike on them both. It blew up with no provocation. Lithium batteries are very dangerous.
Don't buy cheap chinese shit. I also sort of feel that if you buy a tandem electric bike, the universe is just going to put a target on your backs for doing something so apparently foolish.
I have told this before, but last year I broke my leg and my rehab roommate was in tough shape with broken ribs and back. She and her husband were riding their new $3600 tandem bike when all of a sudden the lithium battery exploded, sending her into a ravine, her husband fell on top of her and the bike on them both. It blew up with no provocation. Lithium batteries are very dangerous.
Don't buy cheap chinese shit. I also sort of feel that if you buy a tandem electric bike, the universe is just going to put a target on your backs for doing something so apparently foolish.
Hope your friends are okay, though.