Originally Posted by
topflightpro
.. downhill sprint workouts are pretty good for working on building top speed at high cadences.
So are junior gears.
I commuted on a fixed track bike for years - 52X17. It forced me to spin way higher than I wanted to on the descents - or use a brake, and that was out. I always had a great sprint, I was just too tired to use it at the end of the race, or I was OTB so I didn't need to.
I did a lot of video of my kid sprinting. For him, distance was the #1 item. IF the ride was much over 2 hours - not much sprint. ~hour in it was hard to beat on any kind of incline (junior gears).