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Wrong question.

Eat a bunch of fruit, take a good multi (only one I like is New Chapter) but...

So, prevention.

Do a real warmup (no stretching). You can walk for a while, swing your leg back and forth,
do some exercises like jumping jacks, planks, all that sort of thing.

Then when you start riding, go easy. It takes a while to get everything fully warmed up and ready.

Stretch afterwards.

One thing to consider is resistance exercises. Cycling is wonderful exercise. But if you think of your
body as being like a suspension bridge, there are places it doesn't help, and ways in which it doesn't promote resilience.
Cycling is front of the leg, exercises for the back of the leg create a needed balance. Back exercises add strength and
resilience there.
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