Plateauing cycling stamina=less calories burned?

[shootingstar]

If your concern is that you want to burn more calories but you don't want to ride longer, how about riding the same distance at a faster pace?

For a ride that I am doing voluntarily at that distance on my own, I tend not to hammer all the way. Only in short pieces along the way. It's not a huge concern about plateauing since I did discover this past weekend, this amount of daily riding has given me more stamina/endurance than I thought for longer rides on weekends.

I eat well but at better times of the day which probably is making body even more healthier. And yes, I have lost a bit of weight.

Still, it would be nice to know of some scientific studies how a body plateaus with a certain amount of consistent exercise and its impact on metabolism.