wrote:
I'm not interested in marketing. Need a functional bike. Like a user
friendly flight deck and some hill climbing gears, but not a pussy
(granny) wheel. My dream bike would be fully Tiagra so when I fly by
those Dura-Ace guys I can laugh that much harder.

Note that flying by anybody is meaningless unless all parties involve
are actually entered into and participating in a bike race, and at a
point of contention (prem or finish line).

While there are a lot of poseurs out there, some people who have
dura-ace are actually fast. In a race, if you want to fly by me,
someone's going to have to drop you out of a helicopter

-Mike