Made my first "100 km ride" last Monday! Kinda proud, so I wanna share ๐. 112 km, 5.5 hours total, cumulative elevation gain 3800 m.
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Is it the gear range that mainly affect the speed? Have to ask as the only bike i ever rode is 20inch wheel heavy as heck bmx and currently a folding bike ๐
The tires, mostly. I had one of the early mountain bikes back in the 80s and kept a wardrobe of tires for it. (This was when there was a lot more choice for 26" wheels). The 1.75" moderately knobby ones were for daily commutes, the smoother 1.375" for weekend camping trips with the touring club, the chunky 2.25" knobbies were for the rare occasions when I actually used it as a mountain bike. On Friday night I would swap over for whatever I planned to do that weekend, then change back on Sunday night. I got to be really fast at tire changes after a while.
I'd say wheels might be the most important of all, you can even improve your speed significantly without putting in any money just by increasing their pressure
The gear range, the tires and the weight.