I can't really choose a single favorite for 2019, but there are a few I really liked.
This one around Cayuga Lake (plus an unrecorded 8.8 miles of getting to the start and back) was my longest ride of the year, and it was at that
perfect sweet spot speed that felt oh-so-good:
www.strava.com/activities/2616919182/
This out-and-back TT course (18.79 miles long, +/- 50.2 feet/mile elevation change, lots of mini-rollers and false flats, no aero equipment) was my favorite ride of the year at a strong, steady pace:
www.strava.com/activities/2563442643#64383645047
And this was close to being the
shortest recorded bit of the year, but it was the first time I've ever gone 25 mph on this stretch of road (the "Oakcrest to Terpening Corners" segment) and it might have been my best
hard effort of 2019:
www.strava.com/activities/2895569315#71894090883
Best climb segments of the year:
I felt some good mojo on this Category 4 segment "Downtown to EHP" (double digit grades in a couple of spots) and kept feeling more psyched up and stronger as I got farther and farther ahead of
PR pace at all of the intermediate checkpoints at the cross streets:
www.strava.com/activities/2895569315/segments/71894090883
This had a Category 2 climb (again with double digits in a few sections) that I got a
PR on by 1:47 and I felt surprisingly strong on all the hard bits that I normally struggle on:
www.strava.com/activities/2644970542#66255405686