Thanks Mrs. MM - Actually, cycling is my #1 lifetime passion ... I'm convinced it's the key to eternal youth (or maybe even eternal life?). In fact - traffic gods willing - in this, my 55th year of life, I will hopefully reach and surpass the 100,000 mile mark of miles I have bicycled (so far!) during my lifetime.
According to AAA stats, it actually costs about 50 cents to $1 per mile to drive the average car down the road (factoring in all costs). So, assuming I'd have driven those miles instead of biked them, I'm at least $50,000-$100,000 richer (not including the value/earning on the money I've saved), plus I wiegh exactly the same as the day I graduated from college in 1980, and have never had to pay for a gym membership in my life. Does that qualify as badassity? ;-)