LOL, a bent? Yeah, I expect to be sore in the neck, hands and butt. The ride I did this past weekend the climb was 21 miles and 4000' of gain. It took me 10 mins longer than usual. But, I needed to take a nap when I got back home! Thing is I climbed with my HR in the 140s which is really comfortable. It's true I have absolutely no top end or sustained tempo effort in me at this time. I'll really have to watch my power output and stay in zone 2. What that will equate to in speed IDK. I'll be drafting for sure.
Back in Dec. I had been off the bike for 6 weeks and rode a century with 1800' of climbing in 5:25. I led a bit on that one but will have to reign that in this Sunday.