Is it actually written anywhere? If so I can't find it.....

What on god's green earth is a PushBike??? if yer talkin about a Motorcycle that is non functional and has to be Pushed up onto the tow truck, and then pushed from the back of the tow truck into the shop... fifty to a hundred creds is my guess...

If it's a choice between pushbike and walking, the answer is pretty obvious.
Plus, it can still go pretty fast, handles rough terrain, can slip through small gaps and is silent. Pretty good getaway vehicle in some situations actually.

A pedalbike? Just use the modern day price for the appropriate style.

Maybe he means a moped.

Nevermind, google has told me a pushbike is a pedalbike.

Here's a previous bike thread.

I thought there were bikes (honest to god pedal bikes) in Rigger Black Book (the original), but I don't remember. They certainly weren't updated in subsequent versions.

How much would a playing card cost to insert into the spokes... you know, to make that all-too-real motor sound?

from out of the Rigger Black Book, Dodge Scoot fits into trunk 2k creds, Entertainment systems Papoose6K creds

isnt a scoot a moped sorta thing? I think he means the type of bike we all get as kids from walmart or sears. I woud sat for the basic walmart err stuffer shack style, 200 max i think

Actually I'd go cheaper. 50 creds tops for a "pedal" bike. maybe a week or so of scrounging parts, and two days of build time.

IRL, 2005, mountain bike in British Sterling (from Halfords, woohoo) retail is in the range of £89.99 up to anywhere between £400 (pretty average) and upwards to well over £5000.oo for Carbon fibre racing monstrosities.


I have to carry the suckers up and down stairs at work all the time... bike deliveries of a hundred or so units, and only me to shift them into the warehouse... that's why I call it HELLfords...

IIRC, the old Papoose had an option for being meat powered. Don't know if it made to R3, though.

Rule of thumb according to Rob has been if it's not covered in the books just convert current day dollars to nuyen 1:1 for the price of something.

Hmm...I imagine you could do interesting things with cyberlegs and a custom-made pedal bike.

Cost to pocketbook? 2k or 6k

Cost to style/rep? Unimaginable

I think not, mein freund...

Did you not watch Dark Angel? The lovely Max was as cool on her Kwak as she was on her courier's bike - same for her little courier pals. Original Cindy, for example, rocked!

This thread could have been spared a lot of discomfort if the OP had only used the word 'bicycle' in the title (personally, when I read first read the thread, I thought of one of those leg powered push-scooter type deals).

I remember there being a C.L.U.E. file entry concerning a cyber sam who greased himself by trying to perform a drive-by, (on the bike) with an assualt rilfe, after having used his cyber powers to pedal himself up to around 80 kmh or so.

It's not impossible to look good on a bicycle, but it'd be pretty darn hard. I can't help but laugh picturing a scene where the badass in shades blows the smoke from the barrel of his pistol, holsters it, sweeps his duster behind him, then swings a leg over his bicycle and pedals off as the howl of Lonestar sirens rises behind him.

There is some scope, but it's still hard. The same reason that you don't see a many runners conspicuously using a scooter if they can help it.

Yeah... my first runner, waaaaay back in SR1, had his car blown up on a run and had to steal a bystander's Dodge Scoot to get out of there... The mental image of this bad-ass (300+ karma), 2.2M tall, arrogant elf combat-mage zipping along on a Scoot, with security after him... A bicycle would have been worse, though...

Plastic Warriors' (excellent) Running Gear supplement does have a bicycle in (with some rules that seemed pretty realistic).

It's got loads of other good stuff in as well, but the plastic warriors site doesn't seem to be back yet.

Actually, if anyone has it in pdf form - I lost mine in a disc crash and only have my printed copy...

What was that one Baywatch-type show that featured the bike cops? I always thought it was a total scream that all the criminals in that show usually used bikes as their getaway vehicles.

I think it was LAPD Blue, but don't quote me on that. And yeah, you're right. No one wanted to invest in a car.

While on the topic, how would the speed/versatility differ between a bike rider with cyber legs, and one with wired reflexes?

Truth to tell, I was once actually pulled over by a bike cop. It was in Albuquerque, NM on Central during rush hour. Cars were moving so slow that the bike cops were zipping by like crazy... so I guess they're good for something.

With any luck we won't be seeing bunch of bike riding, distictive flaw possessing shadowrunners wearing neon pink bike shorts. Especially if they're trolls or hairy dwarves.