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The more you weigh, the more power required to go atget to, and maintain a certain speed.. but at the same time, generally, the more power you can produce. On the flat you're mostly working against air resistance, a larger framed rider (less aerodynamic) will need more power to overcome the resistance than a smaller rider. Generally aerodynamics of rider & weight of rider will have a strong correlation.

30mph is not at all slow, if you were able to maintain that for 20 km you'd actually post reasonably competitive times in a pro TT!

A better groupset might save weight (although that's more important with climbing & accelerating), it might also give you biggera better selection of gears to& better power along withtransfer. A carbon bike might be more aerodynamic.

The more you weigh, the more power required to go at a certain speed.. but at the same time, generally, the more power you can produce.

30mph is not at all slow, if you were able to maintain that for 20 km you'd actually post reasonably competitive times in a pro TT!

A better groupset might save weight (although that's more important with climbing), it might also give you bigger gears to power along with. A carbon bike might be more aerodynamic.

The more you weigh, the more power required to get to, and maintain a certain speed.. but at the same time, generally, the more power you can produce. On the flat you're mostly working against air resistance, a larger framed rider (less aerodynamic) will need more power to overcome the resistance than a smaller rider. Generally aerodynamics of rider & weight of rider will have a strong correlation.

30mph is not at all slow, if you were able to maintain that for 20 km you'd actually post reasonably competitive times in a pro TT!

A better groupset might save weight (although that's more important with climbing & accelerating), it might also give you a better selection of gears & better power transfer. A carbon bike might be more aerodynamic.

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The more you weigh, the more power required to go at a certain speed.. but at the same time, generally, the more power you can produce.

30mph is not at all slow, if you were able to maintain that for 20 km you'd actually post reasonably competitive times in a pro TT!

A better groupset might save weight (although that's more important with climbing), it might also give you bigger gears to power along with. A carbon bike might be more aerodynamic.