http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Post-apocalypse bicycle en Sun, 28 Jun 2026 02:38:32 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9487#post-100254 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:24:26 +0000 Bhachgen 100254@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Coincidentally I saw a link to this one earlier today and thought it looked like something out of Mad Max -</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151295474706872&amp;set=a.162147481871.120925.121627751871&amp;type=1&amp;theater">http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151295474706872&amp;set=a.162147481871.120925.121627751871&amp;type=1&amp;theater</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9487#post-100240 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:52:32 +0000 wingpig 100240@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The sheriff briefly uses one at the start of the Walking Dead before switching to horse.</p> <p>Rather than something heavy but bombproof you'd want something quite light for when you needed to hold it above your head for walking over piles of corpses or through junctionsful of gridlocked abandoned cars. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9487#post-100230 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:39:37 +0000 ruggtomcat 100230@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>nice link tom! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9487#post-100229 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:38:20 +0000 ruggtomcat 100229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have always thought this about the Fallout series of games, you spend ages trecking over this terrain that a MTB could handle easily. I dont think parts would be a problem once 3/4 of the population is gone. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9487#post-100228 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:37:32 +0000 Cyclingmollie 100228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great idea. Spot the bikes in this apocalyptic view of Arthur's Seat:</p> <p><a href="http://chloenelkin.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/david-mach-noahs-ark.jpg">David Mach, Noah's Ark</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9487#post-100220 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:29:19 +0000 Darkerside 100220@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Stolen ruthlessly from LFGSS: <a href="https://www.lfgss.com/thread101358.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.lfgss.com/thread101358.html</a></p> <p>[START]<br /> Build a hypothetical post-apocalypse bicycle </p> <p>The question was raised... why are bicycles not featured more in post-apocalyptic stories. Why does the average speed that a human can travel fall to 3mph, when you might average 10mph or more with a bicycle, and obviously this would dramatically change the plots of the stories.</p> <p>It was pointed out that bicycles suffer entropy as much as anything else does. Chains break, tyres get punctures, bearings crack over time.</p> <p>So I got to thinking, is it possible to build a bicycle to use in a post-apocalyptic world, utilising parts available today, that would be maintenance free (or at least require no special tools at all), and survive where other bicycles wouldn't (punctures should not be an issue at all).</p> <p>And then I thought, perhaps this is possible. We have airless tyres already and belt drives. Fixed gear removes the need for complicated hubs.</p> <p>So aside from just suggesting an airless tyre version of a penny farthing (direct drive), what does the best version of a post-apocalyptic bicycle look like?<br /> [END]</p> <p>I've taken out the links to avoid being spammed.</p> <p>As you'll have spotted, I'm having a pleasantly quiet morning at work.</p> <p>So, what would be the Edinburgh strategy for mobility around the zombie hordes? </p>