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Bicycles: The Ultimate SHTF Ground Transportation<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\"bike\"<\/a>Think about it.\u00a0 What other machine is hugely inexpensive, human-propelled, can move sizeable weight over long distances, on multiple road conditions and varying terrains, at reasonably good speed?\u00a0 The title gave it away but a bicycle is a\u00a0remarkably efficient form of transportation and very relevant to prepping plans.<\/p>\n

I thought I\u2019d offer my thoughts because even though there are several references to bicycles as\u00a0SHTF<\/a>\u00a0transportation but there isn\u2019t much detail in which bike would be optimal for most people.\u00a0 Not only can a bike be simple and dependable transportation, but the right kind of bike can carry a lot of stuff.\u00a0 In my case, full disclosure\u2026I\u2019m a bike technician, I have several suitable bikes ready to head for the hills and I wanted to share a few guidelines on what may be appropriate for your prepping.<\/p>\n

\"bike\"<\/a>Bikes are inexpensive, quiet, and easy to maintain, and last a long time if you just keep them out of the elements.\u00a0 You may have seen riders with saddle bags (called \u201cpanniers\u201d in bike lingo) of various sizes where you live.\u00a0 There is a resurgence of \u2018bike packing\u2019 now so people are venturing out with camping equipment intending on a truly self-contained adventure.\u00a0 With this new interest, there are several technological improvements that will benefit your bug out bike.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget that before SHTF you can use your bike for exploring and local errands or even exercise! It\u2019s a fun type of exercise, though.<\/p>\n

So here are my suggestions to get you geared up.<\/p>\n

Buy used\u2026Always!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"bike\"<\/a>Used bikes are everywhere, and with the exception of high-end road or mountain bikes for enthusiasts, they depreciate at an amazing rate.\u00a0 New bicycles lose 40-60% of their retail value within the first year after purchase.<\/p>\n

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Bicycles: The Ultimate SHTF Ground Transportation Think about it.\u00a0 What other machine is hugely inexpensive, human-propelled, can move sizeable weight over long distances, on multiple road conditions and varying terrains, at reasonably good speed?\u00a0 The title gave it away but a bicycle is a\u00a0remarkably efficient form of transportation and very relevant to prepping plans. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[14125,14124,14126,728,6490],"class_list":["post-21307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-bicycles","tag-david-merriman","tag-ground-transportation","tag-shtf","tag-shtfplan-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21308,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21307\/revisions\/21308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}