Traveling by mountain bike

[javijungle]

This is only a funny or crazy idea, now that I'm riding my travois around Coastal Highway and Pleasant Valley a lot, it's strange to me that there isn't a mountain bike on Great Bear Island that we can find, ride and repair to get around the island a little faster. Now that there are such long rides like going from CH to FA, that with a bike would alleviate the boredom of walking so much.

One good reason is that it does not need electricity, the second is that it would allow us to travel with little effort in flatter areas and carry more load, of course, climbing slopes would subtract more stamina and you could not climb ropes.

Only suitable for highways and roads and with risks of slipping on ice, can be upgraded with ice chains, and saddlebags and needs a tire inflator.

The best reason is that I imagine myself scaring wolves with my ring bell while pedaling 🚵‍♀️😁

[The Feng Hunter]

No.

Have a good day. ✌️💜

[Leeanda]

It'd make BlackRock more fun..and chasing the wolves too😁

[ThePancakeLady]

Though it sounds fun- how would you portage the bike around to get to the few areas where it would actually be able to be used? You can't pedal through heavy show- and many of the roadways on GBI have huge sprain inducing deep piles of snow- even chains aren't getting you through that once the front tire if buried halfway in snow. So you have to carry it- and mountain bikes, because they are built heavier due to the poundings they take can weigh 30 lbs. or more- more for the heavy-duty trail bikes we would need to make using them even feasible. That's a lot of weight that would have to be accounted for in your max carry weight. Mountain bikes/trail bikes are great in soft powdery snow, as long as it isn't too deep, and are awesome on packed snow trails (with chains). We don't have nicely packed trails, and the snow conditions will vary depending on the ambient outdoor air temps and conditions. 

You can't cross tree bridges or swinging bridges with them, you can't climb with them. Bust the derailleur or chain- where  and how are you going to fabricate new ones?

Plus it really does not fit with the game setting or vibe. This isn't an island of wealthy outdoor adventurers- who on the island was buying and ferrying over expensive mountain bikes? Tourists who came to the island in Spring/Summer/Autumn aren't going to leave their big money bicycles behind when they leave, and after the economic crash when most residents left the island (if they could afford one) would take with it them when they left. If we were on the mainland, I could see it, but not on GBI. The idea is fun, but really does not fit the game, IMHO.

[K3V038]

No 👍

[The Feng Hunter]

On 9/20/2024 at 11:15 AM, ThePancakeLady said:

Though it sounds fun- how would you portage the bike around to get to the few areas where it would actually be able to be used?

It’s the portage for me.

I think there is maybe ONE exception to this rule, and that would be Regions that are linked by road … let’s say that tiny spot on the map between Crumbling Highway and Desolation Point isn’t as tiny as many people think it is. (I don’t think it is, for the record).

It’s part of the Great Bear Coastal Highway … something we know canonically stretches from AT LEAST — contiguously, anyhow — Coastal Highway to (eventually) Perseverance Mills … tiny spot mentioned above notwithstanding. 

I think OP is correct about a larger issue about the game as it continues to expand — long travel times. At some point, those of us who live a primarily nomadic existence and are pinpoint raiding 3-4 zone areas for supplies with a hard 35-40kg carry limit get to know the routes *exceptionally* well. Having a speed advantage to traverse multiple regions in one shot might be a good thing when it comes to long-range exploration.

Apparently, a faster travel system along the Far Range Branch Line MAY have been at one point been under consideration in the form of a manually operated rail cart.  Having a bicycle for paved roads — especially in low threat contiguous regions like the ones mentioned above — doesn’t seem that bad to me, personally.

What DOES seem like a horrible — and, quite frankly, game-breaking idea is some kind of super bike you can just break down wherever and cart around for funsies as you had alluded toward — and with which I agree — via the portage concern.

There are no words I can offer to tell you how obnoxious I find Coastal Highway. It’s too big for my tastes. The Wolves are too numerous, and the threat detection algorithm is predictable at this point. There’s too much loot. It’s both too easy from a predictability level and too difficult from an obnoxious gameplay level. Having a bike to speed along the road would be a BLESSING to me, personally. Goodbye to the days of being attacked by a pack of 10 Wolves, a duo of two Bears, and a rando Moose … just because. (For the record, Coastal Highway is the ONLY map in the game toward which I harbour this much animosity.)

So while I stand by my hard “no,” I also add a small caveat of: “NO, but … in this one instance, I’d allow it.”

Edited September 22 by The Feng Hunter
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[Semple Fi]

 

Did you say using the Travois as a sled with a cougar in back?

[javijungle]

I already said it, it's a silly idea I comment because it bores me to have to run through the same scenarios over and over again in my survival run and I spend much of the game walking back and forth, at least I have the X key. Thanks for commenting