Originally Posted by
pjthomas
Your Giant FastRoad is a flat bar road bike. The geometry is a road bike geometry with a road bike posture and road bike tires. Many hybrids are more like mountain bikes with cyclocross tires. The more up right position limits speed because of wind resistance. Bike is a limiting factor.
I was able to ride the same average speed on my Specialized Crosstrail that I used to own.