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Old 08-20-2008, 06:29 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by landscaper52 View Post
Icheck out ratbike.org
Lot of "survival bikes" there though, there really is a distinction between ratbikes and survivalbikes IMHO, the former being utilitarian driven and the latter being for show. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratbike
I'm kind of surprised to see the two presented side by side so much actually.

example of ratbike engineering (use what you've got, don't fix it unless absolutely necessary):


and survival bike engineering (mad max wannabe)
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