Originally Posted by puppypilgrim

Mulleady, this was always about experimenting and learning for me. I now know with some degree of certainty that I am cycling pretty close to my max for my 20 km commute while being bound by traffic laws. It is surprisingly how little difference it made in time taken riding in real world conditions. I was a lot more comfortable though.

Snafu, I am now considering a return to gears to see the difference it makes to the commute.