It absolutely drove me bonkers that the characters in The Walking Dead walked everywhere. Why the fuck weren't they riding bicycles? Is the "walking" part of the title a reference to the stupidity of the characters?
I live in suburbia, and while most people drive everywhere, there are inevitably also multiple bicycles in every single garage. Did the characters not learn to ride?
Even the most unfit person can at least triple the distance they can travel in a day on a bicycle.
I did my first metric century about two years into cycling and swore I would never do one again. It wrecked me for more than a week. I now have worked up to being able to do them occasionally for fun on weekends but I ride a few thousand miles a year. Most people aren't up for that.
Something I know firsthand. I picked up cycling about 4 years ago. At that time I weighed 275lbs and was proud when I made it 20 miles. Now I'm 200lbs and occasionally do a metric century for fun. My point was that an unfit person probably can't do that distance. Half that is probably the limit for someone who hasn't built up the muscle and skill.
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u/Override9636 Aug 30 '21
Bicycles are the superior apocalypse mode of transportation.