Originally Posted by
Brian Ratliff
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.
You make no sense to me. My 2015 Felt AR with Zipp 404 wheels is not destined for racing. Been there done that decades ago. There are plenty of slower, older club riders in my area on $10,000 bikes with zero interest in racing or aspiring to that snotty ilk and furthermore, not all $6k bikes are race bikes. Sorry, you are just flat wrong.
You stated the following rubbish ....
They are optimized for racing, no question. How they are used by doctors with money to burn... that's a different question. What money restricted amateur racers use... different question. But in the $6k range, yea, racing is the objective.
Who cares who uses what for what. $6k bikes are race bikes. They are built expressly for those .1% of riders who race and they represent the pinnacle of cycling technology