Originally Posted by
edthesped
Agreed, my goal is not to go as fast as a road bike but to try to get as much speed out of my bike as possible with minimal trade offs. I'm too old to pile on the spandex and ride all hunched over for hours at a time but I do like to go as fast as I can while still maintaining a degree of comfort.
If you get on a even a slight decline, downhill, and have some tail wind that bike will go more than 30 MPH if you do your part :-). I'm 50 and I wear spandex and ride a road bike :-)...will as long as I am able :-). You can also set up a flat bar bike to end up in sort of the same rider position.