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That's right... to enjoy cycling you just need a reliable bike that fits you enough not to get injured.
But I still can't understand why people give a hard time to an amateur that buys a PM... but they don't have any problem with people buying full aero carbon bikes that costs about twice as mine (or even more).
Ok, 3kg less (mine is 10,5kg) may make you climb faster, but for about 690€ (my FSA Gossamer P2M) you can improve what really matters if you want to do better (your fitness) if you use it to train correctly. Throwing money just to make the problem go away its always not a good idea (and I understand that's also what your talking about because there are also people that buy an SRM because that's cool)
I've bought it because I've overtaken enough carbon bikes with my brompton fully loaded (15kg) on Navacerrada to know that what I need to pay for is better training