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Originally Posted by Anthony
The other rather substantial problem is producing bicycle suspension and transmissions. Producing a reasonably modern axle (with ball bearings) is not something you do with cottage industry, and the same goes for a bike chain. You can use a lower tech axle and transmission, of course, but you get rather rapid efficiency loss.
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That's why I mentioned cannibalizing broken bikes. Keep in mind that in a post scenario, the population is a small fraction of the current one.
Millions of people with billions of bikes. Also, scavenging is rightly a trope.