I was in a bike shop yesterday and I put my Kuota Kredo carbon bike in the rack next to a Colnago carbon bike. Usually people look at my bike and drool a bit, but the shop guys were drooling over the Colnago instead. The bike's owner was telling them about what was on it, but I wasn't really listening until I heard it weighs 14 and a half pounds! I lifted it up and couldn't believe how much lighter it was than mine, and mine is no heavyweight.

So, he had Record, I have Chorus, he had one piece carbon stem/bar, I have Deda Newton/Magic, he had zero gravity brakes, I have the older solid Chorus, he had Hyperon Ultra tubulars, I don't. I did a quick calc in my head and came up with about $3k, maybe more to upgrade my bike. Then I did a quick calc and came up with about 20lbs to lose around my middle that costs $0. I get much better bang for the buck by spending the 3k, don't you think?