Possible ultimate bug out bicycle

[Scythe13]

(17 January 2012, 12:58)bigpaul Wrote: I just think, coming from a farming-mainly stock rearing-area, with a wife who was brought up in the country and worked on farms, that once the power goes down and the petrol(and diesel) pumps dont work anymore, that a donkey (or mule) cart would be the obvious and low tech answer, there are plenty of horses down here, it IS "pony paddock" country, but horses to my mind are too highly strung and flighty so i would go for something more manageable.

For plowing the field and crop stuff, even for (as you rightly pointed out) carrying things on a cart, I totally agree, a horse or donkey would be the right option. But for small groups of people moving around quickly, I'd go with a bike.