I like you’re way of thinking, but I tend to test really poorly on the Ramp test as well. My concern is that I seem to always have a poor ride during a ramp test. Psychological? Probably, since I hate pushing that far on an open ended test while stuck in a room where I end up feeling dead after 1 minute at 245. Give me a slight, long climb, with a group of friends pushing me, and I have no problem being at 235 for 25-30 minutes.
After a break this fall I started SSB and the Ramp test took me from 202 to 186. I accept that, since I did avoid structured training for about 3 weeks, but now 3 weeks into my plan, the workouts still feel too easy. I’m thinking or raising the intensity tomorrow 2% just to see if I can stick it.