Originally Posted by
Mvcrash
My questions is would I be much better off with a road bike?
Objectively, I doubt it.
If a road bike would allow you to average 20 MPH, your 8 mile ride would take you 24 minutes. If you only average 15 MPH on a mountain bike, the same ride would take you 32 minutes. So the question becomes what are you going to accomplish in the 8 minutes that you saved that will make you better off.