Tell us about your weekend ride

I've done the 160k route of the North Cornwall Tor and it is the hardest ride I've ever done! and that includes 200k plus days in the Alps. Maybe you are a bit like me, in that I can climb <6% ramps all day, but a reasonable amount of >10% will empty my legs in no time. There are many climbs (quite short) at 20% and greater on the N.C.T. and there is very little flat in between the climbs. My Garmin had 3900m of climbing at the end of the ride.

It is beautiful though. Chapeau for getting through it!

This is a good point.

I ride a mixture of Mountains, and Coastal roads. I stick to the quieter Coastal roads, which undulate madly. The trouble With the undulating roads is that my nice average 200w endurance wattage, tends to consist of a mixture of 400w short smashes, and 0w rolls Down the other side. So never actually in endurance zone in reality. The other issue is not being in the correct gear half the time.

Means youre using your muscles poorly for what will be a long term effort.