Pre and Post cycle streching

HowardSteele said:

[font=Comic Sans MS]HI all,[/font]

[font=Comic Sans MS]Has anyone got a decent site showing pre and post race stretching exercises,[/font]

[font=Comic Sans MS]I'd be grateful if you could post the links.[/font]

[font='Times New Roman'][font=Comic Sans MS]Thanks.[/font][/font]

Hi Howard,
Sorry I cannot recommend a web site with stretches, but I hope you know that like weight training, stretching may be counter productive if your aim is to become a better cyclist...
http://www.cyclingforums.com/showthread.php?t=239978

JungleBiker said:

http://www.cyclingforums.com/showthread.php?t=239978

One of the best and most informative threads on the forum. It should be made a sticky.

[font='Times New Roman'][font=Comic Sans MS]Thanks for the site referal, hmm, quite a lot of banter, my interest was peeked on an article debating this point, in our local bicycling mag”do you benefit from pre or post. Stretching”, personally i never stretch pre or post, so i was interested in seeing if anyone had actually set down specific stretches for cyclists and what areas they targeted. The article concluded only post stretching strengthened muscles. But i assume warming up is stretching, i always cycle the first couple of 100m or so slowly with a lot of exaggerated movement to get the body ready for the ride.[/font][/font]
[font='Times New Roman'][font=Comic Sans MS]This works for me,but i'm thinking if i stretch after the ride will i benefit?[/font][/font]