Interesting. I have a cross bike, a SS and a carbon flashy road bike which I bought as I wasnt finding my cx bike uncomfortable on long rides (and it needed new tyres and a bigger chain ring)…
Based on strava times so not exactly scientific….
I’m fastest on the CX bike, and only slower on the SS (over short distances) by a few minutes.
Top speeds recorded by speedo on long steady down hill (stanningley road into Leeds)
CX bike 51mph
road bike 49mph
SS 34mph
SO yeah, my fast road bike isn\t so fast. I wonder wether its a confidence thing, given that I’ve ridden thousands of miles on the cx as a commuter and my main road bike for the last 6 years, its solid and reliable and owes me nothing, where as the carbon road bike was very expensive (to me), is my first carbon bike and I’m terrified of breaking it?