It just happens
> that the bicycle is capable of creating an intoxicating
> combination of physical, mechanical, aesthetic and
> intellectual passions that, combined with the sheer joy of
> the using, is undeniably attractive to those who get it.
>
> Or I may be completely full of hooey.
Brian Baylis may recall, he and I and Dave Tesch were at a pizza joint, or a taco joint, I forget which, after work, having food and beer, and Dave was in a fine moody, talking enthusiastically about everything about his bikes, and then he topped it off with: "Man, is it ever great to talk about framebuilding with a woman when you're in bed!!!"
Joe Starck
Madison, Wisconsin USA