I was like you until I got my first new bike that was also a road bike. Before I had badly maintained second hand bikes around 20kgs and it was ok. But cycling

I was like you until I got my first new bike that was also a road bike. Before I had badly maintained second hand bikes around 20kgs and it was ok. But cycling on 20mm tires, with brand new drive train on bike that's 9kg or so was just amazing fun. It's now 10+ years old but it's still way more fun. You step on the pedals and just fly away