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"If your bike feels good it usually means you're going well yourself"
So said an ancient but very experienced clubmate.
Put this the other way round and you get: 'I'm not satisfied with my bike', but really the problem lies with the rider.
When I was very young I had a really terrible bike and plenty of enthusiasm. Gradually my bike improved but sadly I ran out of that enthusiasm before I really established whether I had any real potential as a young coureur(it came back later, but that's another story). My point is that 'it's not about the bike', it's about how the rider feels.
I'd say it's a characteristic of the current generation of cyclists to imagine that the bike is more important than it really is; this view is certainly encouraged by contemporary cycling journalism which often seems to be little more than advertorial.
So before buying more stuff ask yourself: is my fitness ok, and: have I fallen (temporarily) out of love with cycling?
Martyn Roach* said "Enthusiasm is a rider's greatest asset".
*https://veloveritas.co.uk/2020/07/10/martyn-roach-jul20/