The NON time crunched cyclist thread

[Toby]

@Nicleza

I prefer 4-5 hours outdoors steady in zone 2. Where I live now it’s not so easy: the roads are few and it’s so hilly. So my question is how should I ride my long endurance rides? Tempo up the mountains?

If you ride your long endurance rides in tempo, then they are tempo rides, not endurance ;).

Have you considered different gearing? With gravel / MTB gearing you can ride Zone 2 pretty much up every mountain.