Originally Posted by
ryanisjones
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jimc101 thanks for the suggestions. Timed on strava was almost identical. I had minor adjustments made to saddle height and had a smaller stem fitted. Also pumped up tyres... All had a positive effect, but none alleviated the problem. I only use the 52 cog on my Trek so it's not low gearing comparisons.
Your Trek should have a 48T max, not 52T, you may want to check that.
BTW, on BF it's better to use a hash tag # with names (i.e.
#ryanisjones ) as it associates to that user, rather that @ as this doesn't associate with anything useful.