We are becoming an endangered species!

[hotmetal]

To be fair, the beardy hipsters are quite into their bikes. Especially if it's some shite courier bike from the 70s/80s that they've modded and restored. CX500 go for silly money amongst the pointy-shoes skinny jeans boys these days - full credit to them for actually caring about bikes and modding them, even though Hipster Central is the bike theft capital of the universe.

Overall I agree that it's the restrictions on getting a licence and the cost, plus constant anti-bike publicity from not just parents but the nanny state they grew up in.