My V-Rex rebuild on a trashed bike is getting close to being finished. Frame comes back from powder coating this week, and it shouldn't take much to assemble after that. I have a question about riding:

On my road bike I keep an average speed of about 14 mph when riding the bike path in my area. That's not killing myself the whole time, but trying to keep at least something of a decent pace. Will I be able to keep this same pace with about the same effort with the V-Rex? When I first got it and tried to ride it, it felt like it took a lot more effort to ride than my road bike. It was set up really weirdly with a bunch of non-stock parts, and I wasn't as fit then either.....so I don't know what I can expect.

Is the transition to a 'bent hard? I am supposed to ride a Tour de Cure 50 mile event in just a few more weeks, and wonder if I could transition to the V-Rex by then....