Same -- Green polo shirt & tan pants, REI.

As a former Manhattanite myself, I would vote for using one of those grocery/laundry carts, the bigger size. Stick your BOB or other supplies in a laundry bag and no one will be the wiser.

Perhaps looking homeless will be the most "invisible" but as long as you don't look like the investment banker or Madison Ave hipster, you shouldn't draw much attention pushing one of those carts down the sidewalk. Probably not common in many cities, but you see so many of those carts in NY, no one will think it looks out of place.

Plus, you can certainly carry more weight for a longer distance in a cart, which will be important if you have to hoof it somewhere, like out of Manhattan across one of the bridges. If you really wanted to take the pistol-grip-only or folding stock shotgun with you, the cart will also allow you to hide it more easily/conveniently than on your person.

A bicycle with paniers would be an option. You could also double the weight load if you just pushed it. Might blend in a little better too.

I too would vote for the bicycle. You can also make some serious mileage (easily up to fifty miles a day, even if you are not a hardened biker) and you can easily bypass traffic jams.

I would agree with the bicycle if the assumption is that you're going to ride the bicycle all the way from point A to B. But, like in the NYC example (like 9/11), maybe you need to hoof it over the rivers, but once on the other side, it's possible that public transit is available, but you'll need to take a series of buses, subways, or trains. You'd likely have to dump the bike in such a situation because there just wouldn't be room for it on public transit.

What, abandon my bicycle? Could I leave my wife behind instead?

Haha, just like the Bridgestone tire commercial from the last Superbowl-- "Your tires...or your (w)ife".

> You'd likely have to dump the bike in such a situation because there just
> wouldn't be room for it on public transit.

That's a surprise. In the San Francisco Bay Area, I don't remember not seeing a bus with a bike rack on front. CalTrain and BART both allow bikes onboard.

Bus's in San Diego have bike racks up front also.

There are some commuters who use folding bicycles. Fairly light they fold in a few seconds into a large shoulder bag. Give that he bike itself deducts from your total cargo capacity your going to be limited in what you can carry. That said if your folding the bike to get on a bus it isn't like you're man hauling both bike and pack up a steep hill. Once on the bus your energy expenditure is limited. Pretty much if you can manage to trundle into the bus in good time and good order your good.