Shift up - go larger on front chainring, go small on rear cogs. Go faster with less rpm.
If you shift into larger gears on the RD, your RPM will increase and pedaling will be easier and faster. An RPM of 110 is pretty fast, are you sure your crank RPM were two hundred thirty?
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