Originally Posted by shnapper

If you pick the right gear to begin with I personally feel the less rolling resistance and lighter weight of a road bike voids the smaller wheel theory.

If this is a friend of yours, ride side by side at the same speed and try again....

Like most other disciplines of biking(or anything) sprinting needs to be practiced to be mastered.

I suggest interval training twice a week, which is what I'm doing now to build stamina and brute power.

My tuesday & thursday morning rides consist of interval training. Tuesday, flats and constant sprints and recovery, thursday is hill repeat day, up and down the same or different hills constantly........