What roads did you take? My brother in law lives in Franklin and wants to start riding on some hills. Everywhere we've ridden down there has been pretty flat.
I'm not sure of the roads. I met another guy around center grove area (Smokey Row or something like that) and we went from there. I went to DePauw University and lived in Greencastle for 4 years. Yeah there were hills there... in some places, but this route had a ton of hills. I'll get the route and IM it to you. The roads are actually nice. A couple dogs in some areas, but they can't catch you if you go fast enough
Coming from Indy, they seemed like hills to me.
8/19 - Group ride at BGI on the southside of Indy. Averaged around 19mph. 27 + the 9 in route to the store. A little over 36 total.