A fixation too far?

I love bicycles. Correction: I lurrrvv bicycles. It may not be unfair to characterize this interest as an obsession; to be sure, I am sometimes embarassed (when around friends who are better balanced) about my worship of what is, after all, simply stuff. I'm profoundly grateful to the instrument that elevates me to a state of grace almost at will. But if I were no longer able to ride, I'd still admire the machines. I think they're among the most beautiful objects man has made in the last century.

All that said, is this taking things too far?

How about this?

Answers: 1) No. 2) Hmmm.