It may gain "respect" from other snobs, but this aficionado finds such disdainful comments disrespectful as well as inaccurate. There are many on this forum who ride classic bikes that have freewheels, others who can't afford to upgrade to a freewheel. Those people are no less valuable than the poster. Several here have avoided being snobbish about the OP's lack of knowledge and numerous misconceptions. It would be helpful if the OP would follow their example.

For the record, anyone who breaks multiple cogs off a cassette is not going to go faster with a "better" cassette, "faster tires," a "kite fairing" or any other solution that does not depend on learning first how to ride and how the parts of a bike interact with each other and the rider. JYL and DABAC have some good advice above.

Also for the record this "peasant" rode a freewheel bike until 2009, at the age of 60. This "peasant" rode 5,000 miles in a 3 month tour with 30lb+ of gear, 300 miles in 24 hours in the Belle Isle Marathon, raced faster than the OP will probably ever go on the level, went down the Cahon Pass in CA at 55 mph, and commuted as far as 7 miles daily, all on a freewheel equipped bike.