>>1403889>Not interested in racing at all.The unracer thing is a joke, please don't get badgered into downgrading your bike just because a poorfag wants to imagine he's one of those kewl unracers on a $12000 custom steel instagram bike and if he buys a bunch of overpriced waxed canvas handbags nobody will mind his swerving all over the MUP and crashing into dogs and children
For an inexperienced buyer nicer is ALWAYS better, there are no exceptions, nobody has ever been like "well I should have gotten a gas pipe BSO and I really regret getting a name brand bike made of quality components"
By the time you get to the point where you're asking "do I really need this" you're good and you won't need internet advice anyway
Buy the best bike you can afford. Actually buy the best bike you can't afford, you won't regret spending more