I cannot imagine anyone who posts on this chatboard being able to sustain 30+ mph on a Spesh Secteur Elite. If you can, you should be a Pro and nowhere near this chatboard.
Why is everyone assuming I'm travelling at 30+ mph?!? I haven't once mentioned my normal top speed. Indeed, I'm more likely to be travelling between 19mph and about 22mph!!!
I'm 58 years of age and trying to build up my fitness as I'm going to have to average 112 miles a day for 9 days next year. My legs are like pipe cleaners and I've got a bit of a beer belly!!!
If I don't have a point regarding my original post then why does
anyone bother to have larger chainrings than a 50? I can't help it if on occasions I feel as if I could do with "another gear", in top. I was merely asking if 1). would it be worth it, considering I'd just bought a new bike? 2).
could it be done without sacrificing the present smooth change up in the shifting, and 3). would the cost be prohibitive?
Cycling back from work last night I did concentrate on a faster cadence, by selecting a lower gear more often, as some have suggested, and I got home
in record time!! (though I did have a bit of a tail wind!)