Originally Posted by
wheelreason
I look at it like "have Nascar, Indi, and F1 cars gotten better in the last (pick a number of years)?, sure, but does that make a difference on my commute and recreational driving on my old trusty clunker?, not so much. I find no matter what bike I ride, I drop guys that are slower than I, and I get dropped by guys that are faster then me, no matter which of my bikes I'm riding, and since I don't race anymore, meh.....
Actually that reminds me: an earlier GCN video was apparently unironically claiming that the latest Chinese carbon bikes were good value because you were basically getting a "formula one bike for the road" for just 20Gs or whatever they cost. Difficult to know where to start with how ridiculous that is. But you are right that a pro or even an amateur racer will see a benefit worth having from a decent CF bike. For the rest of us, well, it's a matter of taste (or lack of it
