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On the bikes vs ability debate.
Reckon once u have a decent alloy frame with 105 kit, that about as good as the majority of "weekend warriors" need IMO.
I was throughly embarassed when I went out with the local bike club and got overtaken on the flat by a 79 year roadie with what looked like an ancient steel frame, while I was on my year old specialized allez.
Have a shit racing bike like my ancient orbit (my beater) and it is seriously hard to get up hills and other roadies laugh at you after you have overtaken them on the flat.