Not sure how bikes and bike products made in [insert faraway place of your choice] would make it to us in a no-oil era.

Unlike Mimi I'm sure enough that, during my lifetime, I will see serious oil shortages and profound changes due to them.

It's one of the reasons why I'm careful with what I own. I shudder when I hear people say something is not worth repairing, or that they don't care about the quality of X, they'll just discard it and get another. That might have something to do with being raised by parents who had been quite poor in their own childhood.

I check the labels of everything I buy - and I try to buy less in general - but I admit that the cycling area is one where it's harder to know what is "fair" and what isn't. Buying local helps, as well as buying from MEC (Canada's REI equivalent). But some progress could be made, for sure.

Thanks for bringing this up.