The past 2 days I have ridden up the Skyway motorway road to the overlook. I found today's ride to be a little easier than yesterday's. My idea was to find a ride that required steady effort. Riding the roads was an on/off effort. Struggle to climb but then glide down the hills. I wanted a challenge that pushed me for a long time. The next step is to go down the Rocky Mount Church Road down to the bottom of the hill. Then ride up to the top and on up to the overlook. That should produce a ride of almost 1 hour uphill. That combined with using increasingly higher gearing should achieve a better level of fitness. Also, Steve at the gym said they would be installing spinning gear. That would be a lot of benefit to a distance bicycle rider.