aubiecat

Rolling hills for sure.

Carbonfiberboy 

On the tandem, we love stretches with short, generally descending rollers because we can really mess with the singles. On my single, I love to ride in the mountains even though I'm not particularly good at it. I just love a multi-thousand foot climb with views.

OldsCOOL

Hills, rolling hills and especially with twisties.

Hills are great places to ride when it is a bit more windy than I would choose riding flats.

delcrossv

Hills are fun , but being a native born Flatlander, I have to admit I like long uninterrupted sections of flat pavement and a big sky.

Lanceoldstrong

The 3 Bears, Wildcat, Pig Farm... it is a zoo out there.

az_cyclist

I dont recall what I voted, but it was either Hilly or Mountainous

avidone1

I voted flat, but I like gently sloping hills, so long as the slope is down.

John E

Another ho-hum vote for rolling hills. Because I am slightly built, my power-to-weight ratio is better than my power-to-drag ratio. I do worst on flat land against a headwind or a side wind, best on a gentle to moderate climb.

Rick@OCRR

I love mountains but yes, I really like the Whittier Hills too. Here is the route I took last Sunday:

Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/252348849

Garmin: Garmin Connect

Rick / OCRR

tigat

I live in range of some pretty awesome mountains, but grew up and still go back to ride in a place with smaller bluffs, although frequently occurring. Climbing a mountain is a great accomplishment, and riding back down is a great thrill, but every time I start down, the work it took to get up is quickly negated. Sooner or later, you need to climb a mountain again. I'll take the bluffs.

BlazingPedals

The one thing I like about rolling hills is that they are easier than flat ground. On flat ground I gravitate to my LT and stay there - for hours sometimes. It can be agony anf my brain won't let me back off. In hills, I can't work much harder on the climbs than I would have on the flats; but even pedaling the downs gives me a rest.

qcpmsame 

I get the feeling that I wasn't the only one that missed the multiple choice option on this poll, glad it wasn't just my solo senior moment. Misery loves company.

Bill

Biker395 

You don't know the half of it. When I first set up the poll, I had 4 choices. Flat, Hilly, Mountainous, and a mix of all 3. And I had set it up to allow multiple choices. Doh!

Pamestique 

I actually like mountainous but picked hilly as one person's hilly is another's mountainous. My preference is long sustained moderate climbs.

I just know I hate flats... too boring. Like you have to go fast 'cause it flat. I like the excuse to go slow so I can look at the scenary and generally hilly or mountains, scenary is better... which is why I tend to mountain bike than road ride. Nothing more beautiful than looking out across green hills towards snow covered mountain tops and cresting a wildflower covered singletrack...

az_cyclist

you would like it in north Phoenx (kind of). the road north to northeast from home home has a 1-2% grade for 13 miles, then for the next 12 or so it varies from 3-6 %.

Biker395 

Your climb up Mt. Lemmon is epic!

az_cyclist

for sure Biker395. I have heard 24 miles of min 6%. I rode it 3 years ago (or so) with Jim and the Bulls. We dont organize a ride there every year.

Retro Grouch 

I was going to say rolling hills but, if I'm honest with myselt, I find myself seeking flatter rides of late.

groth

Had it been me setting up the thread, I think I would have had flat, rolling, hilly, mountainous. To me, rolling means ups and downs of ~ about 50-100 feet. I don't like them because I'm always in the wrong gear. Hilly would be ups and downs of 100-1000 feet. Much more interesting than flat. Mountainous, > 1000 ft, I haven't really had the chance to try yet. So I guess I'll vote for hilly, even if that includes rolling! - Ed

fietsbob

Along the shores of Rivers Lakes and Seasides ..

B. Carfree

It's the same as a headwind, but with a weight penalty and better views.