$10,000? Those are rookie numbers. You gotta pump those numbers up. Unless you spend $10,000 on the paint job alone, you will be the laughing stock of every group ride you futilely attempt to join.

I recommend flying to Italy and talking to a REAL bike CRAFTSMAN. Spend a month with him, and let him get to know you. Your measurements, your riding style, your preferences, your power profile, your favorite skratch flavor, etc. Only then will you be able to earn the privilege of paying $40,000 for a bike worth bragging about.

If you want anti-lock disc brakes or LED gear indicators plus a “dashboard” to put them on I recommend flying to Japan and talking to a REAL ENGINEER. Only the Japanese know how to make technology. Every other country just (poorly) copies what they do. Alternatively, you can just put some grease on your rotors. I guarantee they will never lock.

If you want aero/lightweight, you shouldn’t really be looking at your bike. Get a custom skinsuit (talk to Ineos) and a custom helmet and you’ll almost be there. Hire a coach (good ones cost $2000 per month) who will email you a PDF and then tell you to do exactly what it says, a chef who can handle your 3 meals a day, plus a personal trainer who can help you get absolutely shredded. If you show up to a group ride with an expensive bike but are slow and fat, all you will hear are laughs and sneers as you see the group fade away on the first hill. Get your FTP upto 450W or 7W/kg, whichever is higher. Only then are you allowed to ride your $40,000 hand-crafted, custom spec’d, bleeding edge bike. If you don’t hit those power numbers, the bike will assplode.