Anyone else here factored bicycling into preparedness plans? How so?

If I lived more than a few miles from work, I'd keep a bike at my office or transport one in or on the car (I have a very convenient hitch rack).

Doesn't have to be a fancy bike, any old bike with air in the tires is going to move you a lot faster than pedestrians and cars in traffic jams. And you can carry quite a lot -- via backpack, trunk bag, panniers, handlebar basket/bag and a trailer (cargo, dog or child trailer).

After many bikeless years, I got back into bikes after getting into bikejoring with my dog. And that got me into biking to work. Now I have a couple mountain bikes (both Rocky Mt Vertex 30 - one set up for bikejoring). If we ever evacuated the city, the bikes would go on the Element's hitch rack and the trailers would go on the roof basket.

I recently put on my bikejoring bike a Topeak trunk rack and MTX DXP trunk bag with expandable panniers. I've got in the main compartment (which is expandable) the usual PSK stuff, plus first aid, a Surefire flashlight, bike tool, leatherman, bike gloves (insulated and not), skull cap, my dog's drinking cup, dog treats and other items. Plus I always ride with a rucksack in the city (camera plus extra jacket or fleece) or a bigger backpack when further out.

So many people have, or know people who have, old bikes in the basement or garage. Those could be put to good use in home and work preparedness plans.

Here are my key bike items -- the Topeak trunk bag w/panniers, Burley Nomad cargo trailer and Croozer trailer for carrying dogs (can be used as a stroller and it hauls firewood and ice when we go camping).