In central Kansas we might not have a lot of hills to ride but, we get out in the country and do 10 miles dead into a wind blowing 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. When you ride a box you get to deal with crosswinds on half of the ride as well.

Sounds reasonable for Ohio. Around here 100'/mile is a climbing ride. A Century with 10,000 feet of climbing is a bit more than hilly.

You've got to quite messing around with these "hilly" rides and find some real climbs. Shame on you!

My normal commute is around 50-60 feet per mile, 500-900 total each way depending on the route I take (about 30 miles round trip).

Up in Memphis proper I can go 40+ miles and barely get over 600 feet of climbing.

That's impressive.

Some parts of Florida aren't as flat as most people think. Certainly not nearly the elevation that some of you lucky peeps have every day, but still a nice workout. Saturday's 55 mile ride had 3,510 ft of elevation, while Sundays 50 mile ride only had 272 ft.

30 or 40 feet. Maybe.

Wood? On a house? People put wood on houses? Are not all houses made of brick?

The last metric I rode (64.5 miles) was just at 2000ft of climbing. My usual 25 mile loop has right around 1200 ft of climbing. I'm a fat boy, so hills suck.