Originally Posted by
roadiejorge
Congrats on the bike. Now the next best thing to learn apart from riding your bike efficiently is to enjoy what you ride and don't worry about what other people are riding. It gets pretty tedious to read people's pettiness on here as they go one about how they're better riders than people on expensive bikes. Higher quality bikes have their benefits and like a fine wine, you'll know what makes it better if you know what to look for otherwise just ride your bike and enjoy.
Note: I'm not encouraging you drink wine and ride.
Wayyyy more tedious to hear repeatedly on these forums (and other places) about how anything under 105 components is not worth paying for. If you come to BF , you come away thinking that you need some fancy hi-end bike to ride well, when there's nothing further from the truth - a new intro level road bike like the OPs will have a great ride and will allow even the racing at very high levels.