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Originally Posted by ericthered
Bicycles are notable for needing roads, and slowing down when going up hill, especially when heavily loaded with gear.
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All of these describe infantry, period. MTBs work just as well off-road and up-hill as grunts do.
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Bicycle troops certainly have a role in an AtE setting. I'm not sure that I'd use them to replace horse troops.
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Use them instead of of dragoons or mech. The only reason bicycle infantry wasn't very successful in the 20th century was that it can't compete with mech. Some countries do use bike paratroopers though, and the US has experimented with it, reasonably successfully, notably Operation Dark Claw.
Also
Turbo Kid is fun as hell.