Originally Posted by
robertv
Also, in the Netherlands, to get in shape while riding a bike you really gotta ride the piss out of it. Living in the netherlands I was riding my bike more than ever(40km or more every day, just commuting) and I was still in worse shape than when I was doing 15 km a day in Spain. Biking in the Netherlands is almost so easy it stops being fun.
Maybe that's why the OP wants to go fast? Doesn't wind resistance increase at the square of velocity?