Campag4life, this is why i mention titanium and trade off. I don't wish to trade off speed. Speed and being better/ faster, more technical aswell as buying a bike helping me to be a better rider is top prio. If a bike would feel slower, or i notice i am slower, i would go bananas and bike would not be used (this i am sure of).
This is why i feel i'm putting up a bit of a difficulty in asking these questions. Quite often i am told i need to do this "trade off", if i am buying the comfort i also buy the slower bike.
I am not so sure.

I have been working long to get Time bikes race and performance fit frames stack and reach (Medium and large frames), but not even Time can supply these figures.
So the folks at Time asked me to come to France to test ride Fluidity, NXrs etc etc. Sure it would be a dream.
But i can't afford this.
Thanks to all for inputs