Originally Posted by
VaBeachTennis
It depends on who the "roadies" are, I think that your numbers look good. All of those "combinations" make sense, of course equipment helps but it really does come down to the "engine". Imagine having the best and lightest road bike you can buy and going on a 20 or 30 or any mile ride with Lance Armstrong or the like and they are riding a mountain bike. They are going to be cruising while us mere mortals on road bikes will be struggling to keep up.
It starts to get good @ 2min. It's Lance Armstrong on a Fixie ride.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCPEzdZs5s&t=243s
I've gotten faster, but according to Strava, my speeds seem to be squarely in the middle of the pack. That's OK, I know I'll never race and I have a huge leg length discrepancy disadvantage - I just do it for fun, for the sake of exercise and to push myself. And to be honest, I do feel like a road bike was a gateway in that sense as I would have never thought to do long distances on a hybrid/MTB.
P.S. Wow, that's some crazy cadence