Originally Posted by
WhyFi
There's really no elevation changes in the cities unless you spend all day going in and out of the river valleys. Funny thing is that it's hillier than riding in the five boroughs in NYC.
That's basically what I do as you can see in that Strava link. I ride parallel to the rivers to take advantage of the hills. Either in the areas on that ride or across the Mississippi in western Wisconsin. South or west of me is flat so I use that for faster post work efforts.