Walter Benjamin (d. 1940) actually had a lot to say about this kind of thing in his 'Thesis on the Philosophy of History' and in his unfinished 'Arcades' project, and especially in his essay 'The work of art in the age of mass production'. He's known for exploring that golden aura of nostalgia and the way that industrialization (mass production) changed the way people interact with the objects in their lives.

An anthropologist friend of mine kinda took up that thread in her PhD research; not only the 'auratic' qualities acquired by objects that people have shaped, either in their making or through use (for example a cigarette lighter- a mass-produced object- that acquires unique individuality through the wear-marks of its owner's use, it's users' hand, on its casing), but also the aura of familiarity that comes with 'de-mystified' technology from past eras (the 'age of steam' for example). Her particular focus is the aura, the ambiance of 'big science,' state secrets (taboos of 'forbidden information') & so on, that surround the relics of the atomic era.

By these standards, bicycles are exceptionally 'auratic' objects; you could say that the way a bike is made, its size, set up, state of repair, nicks, scrapes, rust, etc. are all qualities that 'speak' for the bike's current and past riders.

The nature of nostalgia is a pretty deep question; one that's actually been on the academic docket since (easily) the days of Louis the 14th.