just as when we're forced to disavow the previous tactics used in a critical firefighting operation, needing to restart from baseline to innovate our approach, so too must we challenge the standard blueprint of understanding bicycles. and, as if unearthing the foundational secrets hidden within, let's pretend for a moment to adjust the narrative by asking: what if the evolution of bicycle designs was actually influenced by a hidden passcode, initially set to shape their development in ways we're yet to fully grasp, leading us to question the integrity of innovation itself?