Originally Posted by
MikeyMK
50/11 wasnt enough fo me on my hardtail Merlin mtb, and even at 53 i was spending half my time there - with 2.35in tyres.
50/11, 26x2.35” and a cadence of 90 would take you to 32 mph.
53/11 would take you to 34 mph.
If you really spent half your time there, you should have turned pro.
Below 30 mph, you would probably have benefited more from working on pedalling technique rather than bicycle technology.