I honestly don't know why i got back into cycling. I had my BMX bike stolen from me when I was 10yrs old. I got back into biking when I was 15 (10yrs ago!). It was a hard tail mountain bike, I only went mtn biking with it a few dozen times, I mostly used it to get around. I knew I would not be getting a car any time soon. I rode it to school a few times a week, and to work every day.
It took me 2 summers before i could afford my dream bike, a gary fisher Joshua X01. I still remember writing that check! My first check ever, $1282.00, check number 101.
I guess I got back into bikes for transportation.