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This looks rad!

Vegetable oil is relatively safe, if a bit messy. WD40 actually has solvent in it that can damage plastic and other synthetic materials.

Wood tires are actually better than people think, and bikes did use them. You can texture the wood or coat it to give it more grip, even put spikes in it. Otherwise something flexible, doesn’t need to be air filled really. Or we can make tubes from the intestines of our enemies. Like air filled sausage for your bike.

For sure! But like another comment says, bikes just used paraffin wax for chain lube for a long time. Although not very easy to make at home, we have a fuck load of candles in this world already.

I think bike tires would be a relatively easy to solve problem tbh. Really just need flexibility.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_bicycle

Only downhill?! Wild.

What?! You’ve never heard of mountain biking? These arguments are wild.

Tires and tubes are ultimately for comfort. We can go back to making wood tires, they worked for a looooong time.

I mean, compared to what? Being on foot? Pretty sure the bike is going to be harder to hit than a walker or runner. Also more efficient per mile, so less stopping. I’m assuming that we don’t have petroleum products that are necessary to use the automobiles that still exist, oil refineries don’t really run themselves.

I’m not sure I understand. They aren’t running Tour de France races, they are using them to transport resources and themselves. I feel like nearly any greasy substance will do? It might not last as long or work as well, but it will work. I’m not an expert in chain lubrication, but I think tires might be a bigger concern.

Turbo Kid has a lot of bikes