^…or have a friend with a car and bike rack.
There is this huge parking lot at the top end of a 7 mile long, steeply climbing boulevard not too far from here. The bottom of this boulevard intersects with a state hiway. From the intersection the hiway has a nice downhill stretch (if you’re heading that way) for about 15 miles, which makes for about 22 miles where you really don’t have to pedal, except a little for maybe a mile.
Just about every year, from the middle of April until about the end of May, these two roadways have very little motor vehicle traffic. So if you have a friend with a car and a bike rack, you park one car at the downhill end of this stretch, and then you, the friends, and the bikes go in another car and drive to this parking lot …. Or you can ride uphill and then get the downhill run for the return.
While not quite Escheresque, a 22 mile downhill ride makes for an extraordinary day with some of the best scenery in this part of the world. If you pedal up and then free wheel back, (about 2,800 feet of elevation change each way) you get a great work out, too.