Pretty interesting ride. I was wondering how my first almost completely flat ride in forever was going to be. The wind, though, was my hills. Rode in 14th gear at about 15 mph average for a 9-mile stretch along the beach going NW with a wind coming from the NE. Ended up doing that twice, then was dying to ride it back in the other direction. I was able to be in 17th gear averaging 21 mph in the reverse direction. I usually just talk about distance and elevation gain, but on a flatter ride, it seems that talking about average mph is relevant. I felt so fast in general. I still managed to do some yelling out loud and swearing at myself out loud, so definitely still got a good workout! I found the route that I mostly followed on ride with GPS, and did a bunch of interesting services and areas of the island. quiet neighborhoods, riding through the preserve (not paved!), along the beach, and on some bigger roads even, but with multi-use paths, which were everywhere.