Ahem, I think you’re forgetting a tiny little thing called PASSING THROUGH THE GALACTIC CENTER DEC 2012 CAUSING MAGNETIC POLE SWITCH!!!!!!
In case you are wondering that means massive world wide electro-magnetic pulse rendering ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES INERT!
Over night bikes will be worth millions of pounds as the only reliable means of transport. Most car drivers will be dead or too scared to drive again. How we will laugh at those roadies that just shelled out for fancy electric shifters. Shimano will be the new Microsoft, Sram the new apple, both dominating the world financial markets and suppressing any retro carbon based vehicle development.
The overnight collapse of the service industries and motivated by the new found freedoms and closeness to nature a cycling lifestyle brings will see society develop in a more gregarious agricultural direction. By 2025 the UK will be entirely populated by people with beards, I'll leave you to decide what that means for bikes.
