So this 'recovery ride' malarky

[Markymark]

Is that like a recovery punch in the face after a boxing match?

The day after a long ride (for me that's over, say, 60 miles) I never feel like riding a bike the next day. What am I missing out on?

 

[Racing roadkill]

I always try to do about 20 miles, the day after a 100 + miler. It stops the day after, the day after leg stiifness cutting in, and it gives me a chance to feel if anything has been borked on the bike after the big ride. I keep it flat, go steady, and make sure cake and coffee are involved.

 

[HertzvanRental]

Is that like a recovery punch in the face after a boxing match?

The day after a long ride (for me that's over, say, 60 miles) I never feel like riding a bike the next day. What am I missing out on?

Ride Tuesday and Thursday, Golf Monday and Wednesday, lie down Fridays. Weekends are "my" time!!

 

[I like Skol]

I sometimes ride to work to do a 12hr night shift after doing a 'big' ride and then ride home the following morning for a recovery sleep

 

[Pale Rider]

Rare for me to push hard on a ride, but if I do, I usually do the last mile or two steadily to taper the effort.

I also don't mind cleaning the bike immediately afterwards.

Better to do something than just slump in the chair.

 

[ianrauk]

Never felt the need to. Even on the longest of rides of 200 miles+. I find that being off the bike for a day is just as good recovery.

edit: And I always clean my bike afterwards

 

[Markymark]

Never felt the need to. Even on the longest of rides of 200 miles+. I find that being off the bike for a day is just as good recovery.

edit: And I always clean my bike afterwards

Blimey. How many nods and hellos are you legally obliged to do on a 200m ride?

 

[Mo1959]

edit: And I always clean my bike afterwards

...........and at every coffee stop too from what I have heard about you!

 

[Racing roadkill]

Blimey. How many nods and hellos are you legally obliged to do on a 200m ride?

I'm usually starting a 200 miler much earlier than the majority of cyclists I'd normally encounter, and finishing a lot later, so actually the nod / wave count isn't much different, plus the fact, that all of the rides over 150 miles I've done, have included bits where you wouldn't expect to find too many other cyclist (and for good reason ).

 

[Globalti]

Was that down the M6 then?

 

[ianrauk]

...........and at every coffee stop too from what I have heard about you!

A clean bike is a fast (er) bike Mo...

 

[Racing roadkill]

Was that down the M6 then?

Nope the A34 between Didcot and Oxford, with the added bonus of the phone / Garmin dying at Didcot, so I had to ride the section blind, having already suffered the A34 from Newbury to Didcot (once, and never again). then the A3 as it separates into about 8 lanes, before the M3. Neither of those two ideas seemed as bad on paper. The A31 Hogs back between Farnham and Guildford, at rush hour was good for a laugh as well.

https://www.strava.com/activities/254864720

The Hog's back one

https://www.strava.com/activities/202777777

The A34 one

 

[Pale Rider]

A clean bike is a fast (er) bike Mo...

For combat duty, the RAF polish their jet fighters because they move faster through the air.

 

[Globalti]

Is that why my car goes better when it's clean?

 

[jimhead]

Nope the A34 between Didcot and Oxford, with the added bonus of the phone / Garmin dying at Didcot, so I had to ride the section blind, having already suffered the A34 from Newbury to Didcot (once, and never again). then the A3 as it separates into about 8 lanes, before the M3. Neither of those two ideas seemed as bad on paper. The A31 Hogs back between Farnham and Guildford, at rush hour was good for a laugh as well.

Rather you than me. In all the years I've commuted on the A34 around Abingdon/Oxford I don't think I've ever seen a cyclist! It should really be classed as a motorway.