Originally Posted by BSLeVan

I'm curious who told you it would be slow. It seems to me that others have said, in numerous ways, that the person pedaling the bike has a great deal to do with ultimate speed. Still others have directed you toward ways of calculating speed when in a given gear at a given cadence. As I read your post, I couldn't help but wonder who told you it would be slow and why they would do that. My sometimes cynical thinking comes up with a few possibilities:

The person who said it would be slow:

1. Is an idiot and knows not of what they speak

2. Is a sales person who wants to sell you a new bike

3. Is an insecure person and wants you to feel inferior to them and their "fast bike".