The Bug Out Bike

 

Was it Tiny? Or one a the other stubfart retards? Awhile back I saw a great poost on the “Bug Out Bike”. It was one of your typical new fangled mountain bikes, fully suspended, disc brakes front and back, kitted out with panniers and water bottles. If I recall it was from one of the more reputable makers too. It was awesome!

Upon some reflection though… I wonder if the low tech single speed might merit some thought? I wish I could remember the story….

At the turn of the last century, when the North was an untamed frontier… one of the Klondikers up in Alaska had to get down south, fast. By dogsled it was two or three weeks. So he got the hare brained idea that the river froze up nice and flat, with a nice crispy layer of snow - just enough to give a cyclist traction.  So he went to the store and bought an old school Schwinn or something…along with an extra chain. He loaded up a back pack, got on the river and set off. Nobody in town ever saw him again and figured he was dead.

But it turned out that he made the trip in less than a week. No frostbite, perfect health. He got into town, sold the bike or gave it away … and then bought a ticket on a boat and went back to the lower 48. 

I’m not against tech on a bike… but…for a bug out…? It just might make sense…