When I read that referenced thread, I was thinking "go into a Performance shop and look at a 105 equipped Fuji. Compare that to the inflation adjusted bike you could buy for those bucks 20, 30 or 40 years ago.
Quick look, an Ultegra 2017 Fuji Roubaix, MSRP $1600. In 1977, that would be lass than $400 to spend. A 10-speed Fuji Finest with hi-tensile steel frame. 24 pounds. (Top of the head guessing but I worked in a Fuji shop that year. A SunTour Cyclone cro-mo high end racing Fuji was a thousand dollars and weighed 21 pounds with tubulars. 12-speed. DT shifting.) IN 1986, we would be spending $740. In 1997, $1050.
In short, that Ultegra equipped Roubais is on h*** of a bike for the dollar compared to anything of the past (and I bet a very good bike in all respects save compared to bikes now costing more). It's on sale now as last year's bike for $1000. I didn't look but I'm guessing the 105 equipped last year's Fuji is $800 now. I didn't go that far back but I am guessing that isn't much more than I paid for my Peugeot UO-8 in 1967.
Ben