Originally Posted by
ThomasA
Well I looked at the bike and the front crankset is actually an Impel Sugino (looks like Shimano) 42/34/24 so obviously I've got a lot of room to upgrade there. I think I'll try to find a Shimano 52/42/30 and a set of 700c wheels and see where that puts me.
-Thomas
You can't just put 700C wheels on a 26" frame. If you want to go faster it's probably worth it to buy a road bike (and based on the speeds you want to ride at a nice set of hydraulic disc brakes may be in order too!)