Originally Posted by robertorolfo

These old bikes still have what it takes. I'm definitely not here to brag, and I won't get into the details (see the racing forum instead), but suffice to say that in a (Giant) sea of carbon fiber and aluminum (and Ultegra... my god all the Ultegra), our old steel racing steeds are not completely outclassed. This wasn't even top of the line back in the day, but with a better rider than I it would have no issues steeling some glory at this level.