PZ is set in 1993 though. And for some reason their 1993 does not have bicycles.

Or that you wouldn't last a year without your statin.

Food (or a way of getting it), same for water and medicine. Some form of shelter is good, but not the utmost priority, and a simply tree or something to sleep under can be good enough. I wouldn't immediately go for guns, as there are usually nonviolent solutions to conflict and bringing in a gun only raises the stakes and makes it more likely for people to get hurt.

The knowledge you know in you mind has the potential to be just as valuable, if not more so, as physical items you have. Knowledge on how to catch food, and build shelter, can be more useful that simply owning some cans and a basement.

Or just use Heelys like a normal person.

Bikes have a limited lifespan in the sense that tires wear and degrade over time. Other parts can be replaced, repaired, welded. But tires will degrade within 2-5 years even when unused, depending on exposure to the elements.

Still much better than gasoline's fast degradation of 3-6 months of course.

Nemesis Games (Expanse Series) had bicycles. Not the strongest book in the series but Amos and Peaches learned how well bikes worked when the shit hit the fans. Very thoughtful authors.

The game Generation Zero got it

This was Amos's preferred (planetside) ride for a while in The Expanse!

> Its electric

Fuel turned to varnish and is only good for smelling bad and being a pollutant.

I knew hauling around a random jerrycan would pay of some day
shit, this thing is heavy when it's full

You want a carbureted small block Chevy or Ford.

Nope.

Pre 1990 mechanically fuel injected, naturally aspirated diesels. 7.3 or 6.9 IDI, 6.2 Detroit, most Cummins industrial engines.

Diesel lasts significantly longer in storage (2+ years) than volatile gasoline (6mo max). I've even seen some non-mixed diesel last 10+ years when stored right.
But the biggest deal is that compression ignition engines can basically run on literally any vaguely flammable liquid substance. You can make biodiesel from a ton of stuff ranging from oil bearing crops to animal fat. They run way longer on oil changes because they don't dump as much thin gas into their oil. And there are no real consumables like spark plugs, distributor caps/rotors/points.

In a post-society situation real fossil fuels or petroleum lubricants or parts will not be available.

Diesel. Still same problems, but diesel will burn a lot more fuel sources, some that can be made far easier than gasoline.

If you are being realistic, your best shot is probably EVs and having solar panels, those can maybe last about 20 years.

Diesel and Petrol will go bad in a year.

Either way you are on a finite resource, so the actual best bet is having horses

Not even close to enough energy to be practical in the real world, but close enough for movie logic.