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daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Bikes are the apocalypse ideal vehicle. They are immensely underrated on apocalyptic media.
Bikes have a limited lifespan in the sense that tires wear and degrade over time. Other parts can be replaced, repaired, welded. But tires will degrade within 2-5 years even when unused, depending on exposure to the elements.
Still much better than gasoline’s fast degradation of 3-6 months of course.
I have rode the bike I had when I was a kid several decades ago. The tires themselves were good just had to change the air chambers.
Maybe they were not good for profesional cycling but for moving around I didn’t notice anything wrong with them.
Rubber begins to degrade after 3-7 years depending on the compounds. Even if stored in ideal conditions to slow the degrading, you’re only going to give it marginally more life.
Degraded tires risk side-wall blow outs and let will easily let through sharp debris (sticks, thorns, glass, sharp rocks) causing far more maintenance needs.
That’s not to say bikes aren’t beneficial and there’s ways to get around this (stuff the tire with leaves, foam core [also has limited life span], etc), but it is something to be aware of.
This all reminds me… I need to replace the tires on my good weather bike.
You should read the book “Wolf and Iron”
Nemesis Games (Expanse Series) had bicycles. Not the strongest book in the series but Amos and Peaches learned how well bikes worked when the shit hit the fans. Very thoughtful authors.
The game Generation Zero got it
Lol check out modern bikes with electric shifters.
Man those electric stuntbikes with a screen are hot asf. But they are dangerous.
This was Amos’s preferred (planetside) ride for a while in The Expanse!
LouNeko@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Or just use Heelys like a normal person.
blueamigafan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Omg just imagine the war boys from fury road gracefully gliding down the road screaming ‘witness me’ 😂
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 months ago
Mad Max the musical now on Broadway