r/pics • u/PrivateTacticool • 2d ago

[OC] inside a British nuclear bunker

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u/Jezbod 2d ago

I like the utility bike to get down the tunnel quicker.

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u/ExtraPockets 2d ago

Bikes are the most underestimated and underused post-apocalyptic technology in storytelling.

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u/Jezbod 2d ago

The basic models, anything that needs specialist knowledge to setup or particular materials for maintenance, would be useless.

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u/Jiminyfingers 2d ago

There are lots of ancient bikes still chugging about, and every bike shop would be a treasure trove post-apocalypse 

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u/Shnook817 2d ago

Yeah, but known treasure troves get emptied first, so, how sustainable would it really be?

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u/Jiminyfingers 2d ago

Would be easy to keep them running tbfb

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u/ChemicalRascal 2d ago

A bomb-proof three-by-nine should be fine, a fixie would be golden (but bleh). At some point chain lube will be necessary, and later chain replacement might be necessary, but it'll take a while to run though existing supplies if lots of folks are dead. And by that time it might even be feasible to start making new basic components.