Topic: BOV or BOB

[Nomad]

 Getting a bicycle as part of your emergency BOV different ideas......Your thoughts....

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[mikedamerell]

My thoughts are we start with a van and a trailer, if that becomes too much trouble or impractical we dump the trailer and go on in just the van.  If the van is out then we have bikes and folding trailers.  If the bikes are out the trailers can be hand pulled.  Last resort is backpacks.  The only hard part is deciding what order to pack things in.  After a couple of test runs it becomes clear what needs to go where. 

This of course is only if our home is out of the question for some reason.  I always think it is best to plan for the worst and hope for the best.

[NGO]

I would build from the most basic....feet in boots , fanny pack, backpack and work your way up.

This should be the basic survival plan you have...anything more...be they bikes, jeeps, trucks trailers,  are luxury items.

Heck we even have horses in our plan, dogs with packs, even mules with packs.

Watch the movie "Defiance" can you live and survive like they did?   If you can't , don't bother getting the RV as a BOV.

[RGinIdaho]

Look into John and Geri McPherson's stuff. I'm not sure what they are up to now but in the early 90's they were teaching the "bare" essentials for survival and primitive living.

Naked into the Wilderness, was their mantra. Everything else is a luxury.







edited because I'm getting senile

[NGO]

I'm in North Dakota right now....

living out of my Suburban....nights are down below zero...

the right equipment is , but also the right mindset is very nessary.

naked.....hahahah  yeah give you 10 minutes to get a fire going or your going down.


Days and nights below 20 degrees ....living in Boise was a luxury!!!

And winter hasn't really started here yet.


start with a good expedition military bag...something rated down to -10 degrees...


clothing better be real good and tough...which means more weight. In Montana it was normal for me and the kids to be taking care of animals and it was 20 below zero.. Clothing we had in Boise wasn't enough.

layers of clothing and weight. Get a strong durable bike....your will stress the heack out of it carrying all your survival gear.


Your bike won't be one of these ultralight weekend mountain bikes with thin tires with the whole thing built to be untra light.

But then I prefer a horse and pack mules.


Here, I have what I need to walk back to Montana...560 miles by foot...going to take a while.

Going to need a wheel borrow   

[RGinIdaho]

NGO,
Check out North Face's Dark Star. Mine has kept me toasty well below zero many times. I believe it's rated for -40. They are probably in the $300 range these days. Mine is 10yrs old and still used annually. I've worked when it was -40 but I haven't checked the bag at that temp.

Nomad,
For a heavy duty bike, look at Workman Cycles. They specialize in heavy duty work bikes. Heavy duty frame, heavy duty kevlar tires, heavy duty drum brakes. We have one here. It's well built.