If it's not about the bike, think lance coulda won tdf on a schwinn? It is absolutely true that if for whatever reason, personal satisfaction or kicking your saturday morning bud's ass, you want to go faster or farther or higher, if you have been riding at a steady level for many years(20) as i have, and your current fitness level is what the time you have in your life to ride will allow(5k-6k miles per year) and you can afford a 6k look585 with campy record components, it WILL make you faster. Oh dang now I have offended schwinn owners, sorry didn't mean to, if you have a schwinn and love it more power to you, wish i still had my old stingray.