https://mcsmag.co/e/bugout-survival-training – Prepping for bugging out with your bug out bag during a disaster, grid down collapse, or other SHTF crisis, doesn’t mean throwing your backpack on your back and hitting the wasteland with all the other doomsday preppers. Survival means getting to your bugout safety retreat as quickly as possible – even wrol or in an urban survival environment. This is where your SHTF bugout bike comes in handy for carrying your survival gear and bugout bag.
These 5 SHTF bugout bike considerations will help polish off your disaster preparedness plan for evacuating during a crisis.
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Ever wonder why there are exposed cables on your frame? The enclosed cables flex just a little if they are not firmly attached to the frame. Black sunlight resistant zip ties are convenient.
I have been replacing my plastic brake levers with locking aluminum body brake levers, when locked the bicycle doesn’t roll when parked less likely to fall parked on the kick stand.
There is a commercial product to increase stability of loaded bicycles it is called a click-stand. It looks like a tent pole made into a shooting stick. A lot of bikepackers use it to park their loaded bicycles. It does need a firm surface to prevent it from sinking in sand or mud.