On 7/16/2018 11:11 AM, Doug Cimperman wrote:
On 7/15/2018 10:36 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
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"Bug Out Bike - Apocalypse Bicycle"
http://www.instructables.com/id/Bug-Out-Bike-Apocalypse-Bicycle/

I like the paint job. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any
advice
suggesting that a 29" wheel was in any way superior to
smaller wheels
for attacking or rolling over zombies. I suspect that the
added
weight of the survivalist junk might ruin any benefits
gained by a few
mm larger diameter tire. According to the movies, dead
zombies will
bleed profusely, which will be too slippery to traverse on
slick
tires. Instead, I recommend tires with some tread.

Or, just build your own 29" zombie crusher from plans:
http://www.atomiczombie.com



I don't really think the idea of a "disaster bicycle" is
really all that good of an idea--but even ignoring
that--running 29" tires would be dumb, since 26" is way more
common.

I changed my mind about that. 26" seemed to me, a medium
sized Italian guy, about right for offroad/technical riding;
lower to the ground, effectively smaller gearing, shorter
top tube and all that. My opinion changed once I saw a full
sized (muscular 6'5") rider on a his new 700-54 Gunnar.
That said, women just over five feet who ride in with
whatever new chinese 29-inch thing the local outlet store
foisted on her looks bizarre to me if not dorky.

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