It takes me about 10 miles before I'm in the groove too. I used to do stretching before my ride. Then one day I forgot and it made absolutely no difference in my ride. So I quit stretching. I do a lot of 10 miles rides after work. I can feel me wanting to ride more, but there's just no time.
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