>>1958388Unracers can be fast and many own road bikes.
I see lots of fat and slow carbon freds.
Also freds with horrendous clicky indexing and dry dirty stretched drivetrains and screaming brakes.
The dividing line between casual retard and competent cyclist or between nice bike and shit bike is not really to do with what kind of bike you have or what kind of cycling you're doing or what personality cult you subscribe to.
Just because you have chosen to purchase a modern road bike does not mean that bike will be excellent for ever.