>>1227819The industry is going to sell everyone on Thru Axle. Any bike without thru axle will be considered a death trap.
Carbon+metal composite materials will come next. Any bike made of only carbon will be considered a death trap
Electronic shifting will trickle down to the Claris level
Campagnolo will become a retrogrouch company
Crust bikes will become the next Surly
Ultraromance will start his own company
Compass tires will be ripped off by every major manufacturer
Steady uptick in carbon fork failures will lead to class action lawsuits against the industry
Tariffs on Chinese crap will lead to another MUSA bike boom, hobbling ebikes and Chinese carbon sales
A MUSA tubing company will rise
Mavic will go out of business
Ebikes will regain ground and outsell actual bikes
650b x 35mm becomes standard in the peloton
Pro caught blood doping with teenager's blood
Pro caught teathering his bike to a silent tug-drone with invisible wire
An unbroken bike path across the United States is constructed, floods with dropouts and retirees as life becomes unaffordable and nobody has kids. Bums gravitate to it, causing problems
Self driving car mows down entire cycling club, public doesn't care
Guy rides a Giant brand ebike on Mars, doing sick stunts
We all get really old and retire to bike tour indefinitely on ancient hydraulic disc brakes that we claim are more reliable than electronic braking systems. Nobody cares and we die and people don't give a shit about bikes still
