Links for articles on Bug Out Bikes

[NorthernRaider]

https://sites.google.com/site/projectbug...g-out-bike

http://stealthsurvival.blogspot.co.uk/20...-bike.html

http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthr...p?t=117051

YOU TUBE STUFF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSd2oa0heb8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKzAfVdRZmk

[Tigs]

thank nr like the idea

[Lightspeed]

Hi NR

This link is a treasure chest of excellent information training and advice.

Alas Sheldon dies a while ago, but his spirit lives on in the site he created.

Consider download all you might need while everything is still functioning:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/

Thanks Sheldon.

[Skean Dhude]

One thing you should do is then start to use the bike. It will be good for you and sure beats the hell out of being knackered after a couple of miles. When I bought my bike I put it in the garage with the rest of the preps. A while later I started to use it and it was OK till I hit the first hill. I was worn out when I got back on a journey I walk regularly without getting worn out.

If you plan is to bug out on bike to a BOL overnight for example then make sure you can do the trip.

[IB1]

The OH suggested getting the bikes out yesterday and cycling to a pub we know. As I mentioned in another thread the bikes very rarely get out of the garage. It was a round trip of 10 miles according to google maps, all on secluded cycle tracks, and the biggest thing I learnt was the need for a quality saddle. The cheap plastic thing the bike came with is fine for a couple of miles to work and back but doing any kind of decent mileage is quite literally a real pain in the ass.

I'm probably going to look at the old style wide saddles with the springs at the back or a modern variant of it.

[David075]

(27 August 2012, 11:23)IB1 Wrote: The OH suggested getting the bikes out yesterday and cycling to a pub we know. As I mentioned in another thread the bikes very rarely get out of the garage. It was a round trip of 10 miles according to google maps, all on secluded cycle tracks, and the biggest thing I learnt was the need for a quality saddle. The cheap plastic thing the bike came with is fine for a couple of miles to work and back but doing any kind of decent mileage is quite literally a real pain in the ass.

I'm probably going to look at the old style wide saddles with the springs at the back or a modern variant of it.

I had the same problem i got gel seat cover it helped a bit.

[bigpaul]

(27 August 2012, 11:23)IB1 Wrote: The OH suggested getting the bikes out yesterday and cycling to a pub we know. As I mentioned in another thread the bikes very rarely get out of the garage. It was a round trip of 10 miles according to google maps, all on secluded cycle tracks, and the biggest thing I learnt was the need for a quality saddle. The cheap plastic thing the bike came with is fine for a couple of miles to work and back but doing any kind of decent mileage is quite literally a real pain in the ass.

I'm probably going to look at the old style wide saddles with the springs at the back or a modern variant of it.

what you need is a "fat bum saddle" we got them for our bikes much better than the standard saddles which just about cut me in half!

[Lightspeed]

(27 August 2012, 11:23)IB1 Wrote: The OH suggested getting the bikes out yesterday and cycling to a pub we know. As I mentioned in another thread the bikes very rarely get out of the garage. It was a round trip of 10 miles according to google maps, all on secluded cycle tracks, and the biggest thing I learnt was the need for a quality saddle. The cheap plastic thing the bike came with is fine for a couple of miles to work and back but doing any kind of decent mileage is quite literally a real pain in the ass.

I'm probably going to look at the old style wide saddles with the springs at the back or a modern variant of it.

If you're in pain after only 10 miles, the saddle's probably not adjusted properly. Get that fixed first before shelling out on a new one.

I had the same problem a few months ago on a new tandem. I focussed so much attention on my partners's riding comfort, I forgot to set up mu position correctly with a lot of pain as a result. Now I've sorted thatwe are faster and also able to ride for much longer than before.

[NorthernRaider]

Just put Gell filled saddles on wifeys and brats mountain bikes.