If you liked this article I would recommend “How To Invent Everything” by Ryan North. The book is effectively a time travelers guide to reinventing technology.
According to the book, bikes depend on 2 major branches:
Bikes -> Spinning wheels -> Natural fibers -> Farming
and
Bikes -> Steel -> Kilns/Smelters/Forges (this has quite a lot of decendents) -> Mining -> Farming
Very interesting book.