Honestly, if I were racing, I would own an aluminum framed bike and mechanical Ultegra. Something that I could afford to replace if I crash. I was watching a crit race where the organizers used cones and tape to define the course. A rider got his handlebars hooked around the tape and brought down a bunch of people. One guy broke his new carbon frame in half. I saw him talking to some people after it was all over. He had told his wife this would be the last bike he would have to buy in a long time and was scared to go home and tell her what happened 😂😂