Originally Posted by BlazingPedals
I found that I could acclimate so I wasn't sore after a 80-100 mile ride, but if I did 120 miles I'd be sore again. Or, if I could ride back-to-back centuries without pain, then adding a third would kill me. A 200-mile weekend was/is the limit of my training opportunities, so I would always hurt on tours. Now I ride a recumbent and none of that matters anymore. I can ride until my legs give out, the only thing I'll have to show for it the next day might be sore quads.
This was my experience too but the miles are divided by 2. Now when we eat lunch on a long ride, my wife can't wait to get off the saddle and sit on the ground or a picnic table but I stay on the recumbent's seat because it is more comfortable than a hard bench.