I'm surprised this thread made it to the second page without generating even more vitriolic comments like only a fool would spend more than $1500 on a road bike unless they were racing. You did manage to start to sprinkle in how ugly Colnagos are, though. I'm very proud of y'all.
Yet I own a Colnago Extreme Power with Super Record and ride that for pleasure. I race on a Ribble Audax/Winter bike with Athena.
Don't race what you can't replace...