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Kuromori I agree that $1000 gets you one heck of a used bike anywhere. A good used 6800 Ultegra groupset, some nice wheels, and a stem/bar combo change should do it. I think the only thing my fast bikes lack is extremely low weight, with many of them in the 19-21 lb range fully ready to ride. My Prologue is not a superbike by whatever definition ( but it's a
super bike), but I've spent less than $1k on it and it weighs 19 lbs ready to go. 19 lbs for a fully capable steel framed bike! Wheelset is mega light, and on a modern Trek Emonda ALR frameset, it makes for a 16.xx lb bike. Snag one of those frames for $200 and you can get a lot for the remaining $800. John Cannings has his reasons, and in the video gave some very clever tips on how to search for things. I hope the videos are longer than just 15 minutes, though.