Good for you on your passion, don't worry about any negative comments on here. For some reason some forum folks lurk and use legitimate posts as a medium for sarcasm and attempts at humor. Otherwise, there are hundreds of intelligent, knowledgable and friendly people here!
BTW, I have a touring bike, a racer, and a mountain bike....and am building a steel training/rolling/indoor bike. Yeah, it's fun, all of it! Just don't worry about hard selling your sport, modeling is the most powerful way of convincing others. Raydog