Seconding this! Like literally to the point where if a bicycle was needed for plot reasons, it's almost better to have a collapsible one that's on a calm/steady/seen-everything horse's back like a second rider, wrapped in fabric/textiles to cushion it.
Bike + horse is awkward as hell, bike 'carried by horse' is actually way more understandable, especially if they're draft horses or cold-blooded / warm-blooded horses that are used to other forms of work as well!
(Also seconding that farm roads aren't generally lit at all in rural areas here either, that's extremely unusual. Even in times where horse was the *only* method of travel outside of like...walking, roads were even less likely to be lit in rural areas).
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Date: 2025-01-21 02:04 pm (UTC)Bike + horse is awkward as hell, bike 'carried by horse' is actually way more understandable, especially if they're draft horses or cold-blooded / warm-blooded horses that are used to other forms of work as well!
(Also seconding that farm roads aren't generally lit at all in rural areas here either, that's extremely unusual. Even in times where horse was the *only* method of travel outside of like...walking, roads were even less likely to be lit in rural areas).