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You can add Connecticut to that list :-)
Have you ever built a frankenbike because your main bike is broken?
My main bike broke, I built a frankenbike, fell in love with it, and now thats my main bike (although its had some upgrades). In fact, I wasn't a canadate for this club until I had that bike.
I've got about 10x more money invested in my ol' Panasonic Sport than any "sane" person would pay for the bike to begin with. My last car was a Jeep Cherokee which about a year ago I rear ended a schoolbus with. Don't worry, no injuries. But the Jeep was totaled, and I barely got by on the money that I was making, so I couldn't afford another car.
Lucky for me, a couple days later an old Panasonic 10 speed showed up in my yard. Happy that I found a way to work, but dreading the 10 mile distance, I decided that I had no choice but to suck it up and go to work. I HAVENT LOOKED BACK SINCE.
Its amazing how much money you can save by riding a bicycle. No more gas, insurance (they wanted $300/month after they found out I hit a schoolbus), maintenance, but the most overlooked savings comes in when you think about all the free time that you have to spend money when you drive a car. I used to have an addiction to bringing home every interesting stereo component I could get my hands on. But, a 3 foot tall speaker isn't very practical to haul with a 10-speed.
Also, I do consider myself addicted to the bike. Even if I did have the money theres no way I'd go back. It is pretty funny how people look at you when you tell them the most pleasant part of your work day is the 20 mile bike commute. If I find myself in a conversation about bicycling and someone says "this one time I rode 25 miles on my bike...", I can proudly say that I've gone further than that running on a flat front tire. In fact, I also refused 2 offers for a ride that day, simply because I was curious about how far I could really get it to go. I even took a detour on the way home. And I'm happy to say that after I replaced the tube, I was still able to use that very same tire on that very same rim.
I don't know, its somewhere between the amazingly un-lonely solitude and the people in cars you can chuckle at for owning something that cost 100x what you use to do the exact same thing they use it for that you realize that you've found your own little chunk of paradise.