bdcochran
04-13-2007, 11:55 AM
Watch the homeless. How do they move their possessions around in a manner that the items are protected. Really go and watch. It is not uniform. Some ride bikes. So I watch the bikers and how they pack stuff. I have talked to them about the problems that they encounter. When you watch closely, you will see a guy on Pacific Coast Highway with two trailers behind a bike. He makes trips up and down the Pacific Coast. Or you see the guy with saddle bags.
Watch the homeless with the baby carriages, the strollers and the stolen supermarket carts.
Not that I will use it. I take a game carrier that will hold 600 pounds and have it modified by a welder so that it can be towed behind any bicyle.
If you want things like baskets, saddle bags or packs that are consistent with bicyling, you have to acquire them now. They won't be available when shtf.
One time I see a guy with a conventional package rack on the back of his bicyle. It is just a ledge. On top he has three successively smaller bags starting with a duffle bag. They are tied down by 550 cord.
Most people write essays on their bug out vehicle. You know. The super pick up truck with four wheel drive that is supposed to thread its way through freeway traffic and across fields. The truck that gets 10 miles to the gallon and darn it, the owner forgot to have it filled up before shtf.
In the real world, you don't have to go too far to get out of harm's way, unless it is a nuclear strike. You might not have the luxury of a pickup truck and a clear highway or stealing a boat or flying a plane. You don't have a motorcyle and you can't carry more than 30 pounds on your back.
So watch the homeless and learn.
Watch the homeless with the baby carriages, the strollers and the stolen supermarket carts.
Not that I will use it. I take a game carrier that will hold 600 pounds and have it modified by a welder so that it can be towed behind any bicyle.
If you want things like baskets, saddle bags or packs that are consistent with bicyling, you have to acquire them now. They won't be available when shtf.
One time I see a guy with a conventional package rack on the back of his bicyle. It is just a ledge. On top he has three successively smaller bags starting with a duffle bag. They are tied down by 550 cord.
Most people write essays on their bug out vehicle. You know. The super pick up truck with four wheel drive that is supposed to thread its way through freeway traffic and across fields. The truck that gets 10 miles to the gallon and darn it, the owner forgot to have it filled up before shtf.
In the real world, you don't have to go too far to get out of harm's way, unless it is a nuclear strike. You might not have the luxury of a pickup truck and a clear highway or stealing a boat or flying a plane. You don't have a motorcyle and you can't carry more than 30 pounds on your back.
So watch the homeless and learn.