Originally Posted by TMonk

+1 to what LAJ said - some people like this stuff, and for it's on sake (racing or not). I learned during the pandemic that I enjoyed training as much as racing at least, possibly more. Still trained hard and maintained a high level of fitness.

Personally, I would have been zoning out at much the other "roadie" stuff in your guys' conversation. Unless we're talking MTB or time trialing, where equipment actually makes a big difference.