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How would bicycles last for generations? One summer in the sun and most of the tires and tubes would be rotted out. In Stephen King's The Stand, at least one o
by thrower123 6y ago
How would bicycles last for generations? One summer in the sun and most of the tires and tubes would be rotted out.
In Stephen King's The Stand, at least one of the groups of survivors tools around on bicycles, mostly because of all the gridlock of abandoned cars on the highways.
- taneq 6y agoI’d say it’s in the middle. Bike tyres last way longer than one summer, but certainly not more than a decade, let alone generations. A bike without rubber tyres is a pretty miserable ride.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoWalking 10 miles is pretty miserable too :)
- 7952 6y agoI think walking slowly, carefully, and quietly would be much more survivable than tearing around in vehicles.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoWell, its not all Mad Max. In a stable post-warlord community bikes would rule for a century. Tiny metal investment, fuel efficient, fast and adaptable.
- taneq 6y agoDepends on the terrain, really. I can't imagine riding a bike with no tyres 10 minutes along a rocky path, let alone 10 miles...
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoLets be charitable, shall we? They'd get pretty inventive, faced with 10 miles of walking taking a day, or on a bike taking an hour. Perhaps make hard rubber tires? Ones woven out of wire? Wood? Bikes remain useful, even if they aren't up to modern road-bike standards. So useful, I think we'll see them for decades with ever more creative solutions to the problem of Bike Shop Closed, Oh What Will I Do?