We got another horse vs. bicycles for the post apocalypse folks (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by 7bicycles@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net

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The discussion is an enduring internet classic of people who have seen horses in The Last of Us ascribing near magical powers to it vs. everyone who ever worked with horses saying this is the worst idea imaginable which is fun.

I'm posting this here on account of the amusing amount of comments that presuposse a horse is a car that runs on dirt and just self heals broken bones

EDIT: Bonus points for "a horse can carry so much more" which is demonstably untrue unless you want the poor thing to die real early or strap a cart to it, at which point you have both horse and bicycle problems

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[-] Keld@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

I guess im just not seeing the maintenance issue as much as anyone else. As long as you have a somewhat functioning village sized society replicating either a basic bicycle or a horseshoe shouldn't be too hard, no? Like if we maintain the basic engineering knowledge.

I guess wheels are tougher, requiring rubber. But you could use other materials, i mean humanity did. Wooden wheels work for a bicycle, it just sucks compared to rubber.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

I think both'd be pretty hard to do but for entirely different reasons. You can probably find a lot of people who could technically weld you together a bicycle frame but then how do you weld in the post apocalypse. The horseshoes is way easier to manufacture but then that has the problem of there isn't exactly a lot of guys, material or manufacturing equipment left to manufacture horseshoes because nobody needs them anymore

[-] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

but then how do you weld in the post apocalypse.

RETVRN TO TRADITION

(okay it still conventionally relies on brazing / welding, but I don't think it is an absolute requirement of the technique. Though brazing makes for a very strong bond between the lugs and the tubes, they could conceivably fastened by bolts or rivets)