I own at least one bike that cost more than $6000 and was not built for racing....it has a 42 inch wheelbase and weighs 19 pounds with all SRAM Red components. Road racing bikes do not have corner on high end. There are plenty of old farts who have no aspiration to race and for whom $6000 is nothing.
These are called "boutique bikes" and there is a whole other segment of bike forums dedicated to hating on people who buy
these types of bikes. bbbeans comment is spot on about the types of people who feel superiority over others.
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Cat 2 Track, Cat 3 Road.
"If you’re new enough [to racing] that you would ask such question, then i would hazard a guess that if you just made up a workout that sounded hard to do, and did it, you’d probably get faster." --
the tiniest sprinter