Originally Posted by Voodoo76
Another point that seems to be lost here is bike fit. What you spend many hours training on will be what your body adapts to, what you will be most comfortable and efficient on. Why throw that away?? If you are going racing buy a decent mid level Bike, a set of wheels to train on, two or three sets to race (need something in the pit). Save the rest for travel, ect.
That's a good point that's why I have two of the same bike, LOOK 481/381, with exactly the same set up. The only difference in the two is the 481 is lighter and with Record vs Chorus. The important stuff like bars/stem/saddle and pedals are exactly the same.