The lowly bicycle

[Stg1swret]

We see people on them everyday, and you really should own one for various reasons. It can be used for alternate transportation and hualing supplies, it is a way to get in shape with no impact training. With a few modifications, it can be used to generate power for various devices, from generators to tools. You can aquire them easily enough, a lot of people throw them out from time to time, and they are easy to repair or make into any or all of the forgoing. They are also good for rehabilitation from injury.

[drissel]

They are easy to repair, take a few specialty tools once and awhile, but everything is there right in front of you. special tools are cone wrenches, and bottom bracket tools and sprocket removal, a chain tool comes on handy too, get a bike and tear it apart and play with it....the internet has all kinds of help so if you run into problems look it up..I recommend a cheap bike to start working on them though..

[Sniper-T]

I came across a few trailer ideas...









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[izzyscout21]

^^ I want to see what happens when that last guy tries to stop on a hill..........

[Gunfixr]

I been thinking about a bike for awhile, as I need the exercise, and my knees won't take a lot of running.

It would be easy to rig up a power supply, I already have two automobile generators, the older pre-alternator style.

[Evolver]

Here's a sweet little mod for ya.

[GunnerMax]

cant beat this though. 8 wheels FTW

870 SpeedWay 26" x 58" Express Wagon 1400#

[realist]

You would be amazed as how much a bike can carry if you load it down and walk along side. The nice thing about it is it can be used on mountain trails.

Gunner I do like the wagon, that is truly a wagon.....

[The Stig]

In its 1937 invasion of China, Japan employed some 50,000 bicycle troops. Early in World War II their southern campaign through Malaya en route to capturing Singapore in 1941 was largely dependent on bicycle-riding soldiers. In both efforts bicycles allowed quiet and flexible transport of thousands of troops who were then able to surprise and confuse the defenders. Bicycles also made few demands on the Japanese war machine, needing neither trucks, nor ships to transport them, nor precious petroleum. Although the Japanese were under orders not to embark for Malaya with bicycles, for fear of slowing up amphibious landings, they knew from intelligence that bicycles were plentiful in Malaya and moved to systematically confiscate bicycles from civilians and retailers as soon as they landed. Using bicycles, the Japanese troops were able to move faster than the withdrawing Allied Forces, often successfully cutting off their retreat. The speed of Japanese advance, usually along plantation roads, native paths and over improvised bridges, also caught Allied Forces defending the main roads and river crossings by surprise, by attacking them from the rear. However there were one or two cases of Australian troops turning the tables on the Japanese by isolating cycle troops from their accompanying motorised forces after blowing up bridges over rivers.

Lots more information about the bicycle in war here