V, you know this: the roads as you travel farther east are built more and more vertically up the fall line and not the contour line as they do out here. Those river bluffs in the midwest are wicked steep and, as you know, it is hard to get into your climbing zone on "rollers" and those are long enough to actually force you into climbing mode as opposed to "momentum" mode.

This is what a friend has said about riding this stuff:
The "mere rollers" are constant, but after 100k of continuous, short 6-7% climb/descent cycles most people get a little rubbery in the leg.

Yeah, it is different than here in the wild, wild West.

Oakleaf, I don't live in Switzerland, but I've got a 23 mile climb nearly right from my door. The climb up Mt Diablo (on V's profile) rises the same elevation but in half the distance. I'd call both mountains. But I'm not arguing what is a hill or mountain, I'd just saying you can't "roll" over something the length of 3 and a half football fields in length. Your "mo" won't last that long. Though, wouldn't perpetual mo on a bike be wunnerful?