Originally Posted by knotty

Whenever I put in a fair ride, say 70 miles and up, on the returning trip, my quads starts to develop a deep down aching and quite painful, it has always done this the past several rides of this length.

So on the last ride, thought I'd try something. I stopped to stretch the quads a good 6-7 minutes each leg and I was amazed to find the aching went away completely for the rest of the ride.

What do you suppose the stretching did and what do you think caused the aching?

Thanks..knotty