Yeah buddy,
I think I've met some of the same fools you've met...with all their high tech/high dollar/glossy finish bike components that might as well be jewelry.
These guys are just like women who feel better about themselves if they can stroll around the mall with expensive designer clothes and big diamond jewelry.
They both have the same thing in common if they think they are better than you because of their "jewelry bikes"...low self esteem.
It doesn't matter what you ride, but how you ride it!!!!!
My 53-11 gears and leg press trained legs will blow away any of them away.....carbon fiber and campy record non-withstanding!!!
Cuz I train with Hanz and Franz!!!