No offense to Troul , but I don't understand how anyone would give a rat's behind what he chooses to do here enough to question his life choices, but I think this train wreck of a thread could actually become interesting with a slight topic change and would give the people who obviously want to demonstrate how much more they care about bikes than everybody else a chance to vent.

So, anecdotes. What's the most extreme thing you've ever done to acquire a specific bike?