I've been blown away lately with these bike stories on HN. For some reason, I never imagined that "normal" people would spend $8,000 (and up!) on a bicycle. I

I've been blown away lately with these bike stories on HN. For some reason, I never imagined that "normal" people would spend $8,000 (and up!) on a bicycle. I guess living in a big city is not something that I really want to do.