I don’t disagree with you per se but wooden carts (with wooden wheels) has existed a long time before bicycles. Albeit such devices would be “powered” by anima

I don’t disagree with you per se but wooden carts (with wooden wheels) has existed a long time before bicycles. Albeit such devices would be “powered” by animals rather than people. So the friction of baring-less wooden joints was probably less of a concern.