diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 9bf8f7bd72..804b0aa16f 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Expect active development and potentially significant breaking changes in the `0
 ### 1.0.0
 - ApolloProvider now won't put its `store` on `context` unless it was given. [PR #550](https://github.com/apollographql/react-apollo/pull/550)
 - MockedProvider now accepts a `store` prop to be passed to ApolloProvider so that react-redux store is not overwritten
+- Make sure recycled queries are in cache only mode so they do not trigger network requests. [PR #531](https://github.com/apollographql/react-apollo/pull/531)
 
 ### 1.0.0-rc.3
 - Fix bug where `options` was mutated causing variables to not update appropriately. [PR #537](https://github.com/apollographql/react-apollo/pull/537)
diff --git a/src/graphql.tsx b/src/graphql.tsx
index f03c8781b4..47475b82f4 100644
--- a/src/graphql.tsx
+++ b/src/graphql.tsx
@@ -647,7 +647,10 @@ class ObservableQueryRecycler {
   public recycle (observableQuery: ObservableQuery<any>): void {
     // Stop the query from polling when we recycle. Polling may resume when we
     // reuse it and call `setOptions`.
-    observableQuery.stopPolling();
+    observableQuery.setOptions({
+      fetchPolicy: 'cache-only',
+      pollInterval: 0,
+    });
 
     this.observableQueries.push({
       observableQuery,
@@ -678,7 +681,13 @@ class ObservableQueryRecycler {
     // Therefore we need to set the new options.
     //
     // If this observable query used to poll then polling will be restarted.
-    observableQuery.setOptions(options);
+    observableQuery.setOptions({
+      ...options,
+      // Explicitly set options changed when recycling to make sure they
+      // are set to `undefined` if not provided in options.
+      pollInterval: options.pollInterval,
+      fetchPolicy: options.fetchPolicy,
+    });
 
     return observableQuery;
   }
diff --git a/test/react-web/client/graphql/queries.test.tsx b/test/react-web/client/graphql/queries.test.tsx
index 2881d8ec56..032666b8fa 100644
--- a/test/react-web/client/graphql/queries.test.tsx
+++ b/test/react-web/client/graphql/queries.test.tsx
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import * as renderer from 'react-test-renderer';
 import { mount } from 'enzyme';
 import gql from 'graphql-tag';
-
-import ApolloClient, { ApolloError } from 'apollo-client';
+import ApolloClient, { ApolloError, ObservableQuery } from 'apollo-client';
+import { NetworkInterface } from 'apollo-client/transport/networkInterface';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { withState } from 'recompose';
 
@@ -2157,7 +2157,9 @@ describe('queries', () => {
     );
 
     expect(Object.keys((client as any).queryManager.observableQueries)).toEqual(['1']);
-    const queryObservable1 = (client as any).queryManager.observableQueries['1'].observableQuery;
+    const queryObservable1: ObservableQuery<any> = (client as any).queryManager.observableQueries['1'].observableQuery;
+
+    const originalOptions = Object.assign({}, queryObservable1.options);
 
     wrapper1.unmount();
 
@@ -2170,15 +2172,88 @@ describe('queries', () => {
     );
 
     expect(Object.keys((client as any).queryManager.observableQueries)).toEqual(['1']);
-    const queryObservable2 = (client as any).queryManager.observableQueries['1'].observableQuery;
+    const queryObservable2: ObservableQuery<any> = (client as any).queryManager.observableQueries['1'].observableQuery;
+
+    const recycledOptions = queryObservable2.options;
 
     expect(queryObservable1).toBe(queryObservable2);
+    expect(recycledOptions).toEqual(originalOptions);
 
     wrapper2.unmount();
 
     expect(Object.keys((client as any).queryManager.observableQueries)).toEqual(['1']);
   });
 
+  it('will not try to refetch recycled `ObservableQuery`s when resetting the client store', () => {
+    const query = gql`query people { allPeople(first: 1) { people { name } } }`;
+    const data = { allPeople: { people: [ { name: 'Luke Skywalker' } ] } };
+    const networkInterface = {
+      query: jest.fn(),
+    } as NetworkInterface;
+    const client = new ApolloClient({ networkInterface, addTypename: false });
+
+    @graphql(query)
+    class Container extends React.Component<any, any> {
+      render () {
+        return null;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const wrapper1 = renderer.create(
+      <ApolloProvider client={client}>
+        <Container/>
+      </ApolloProvider>
+    );
+
+    expect(Object.keys((client as any).queryManager.observableQueries)).toEqual(['1']);
+    const queryObservable1 = (client as any).queryManager.observableQueries['1'].observableQuery;
+
+    // The query should only have been invoked when first mounting and not when resetting store
+    expect(networkInterface.query).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    wrapper1.unmount();
+
+    expect(Object.keys((client as any).queryManager.observableQueries)).toEqual(['1']);
+    const queryObservable2 = (client as any).queryManager.observableQueries['1'].observableQuery;
+
+    expect(queryObservable1).toBe(queryObservable2);
+
+    client.resetStore();
+
+    // The query should not have been fetch again
+    expect(networkInterface.query).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('will refetch active `ObservableQuery`s when resetting the client store', () => {
+    const query = gql`query people { allPeople(first: 1) { people { name } } }`;
+    const data = { allPeople: { people: [ { name: 'Luke Skywalker' } ] } };
+    const networkInterface = {
+      query: jest.fn(),
+    } as NetworkInterface;
+    const client = new ApolloClient({ networkInterface, addTypename: false });
+
+    @graphql(query)
+    class Container extends React.Component<any, any> {
+      render () {
+        return null;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const wrapper1 = renderer.create(
+      <ApolloProvider client={client}>
+        <Container/>
+      </ApolloProvider>
+    );
+
+    expect(Object.keys((client as any).queryManager.observableQueries)).toEqual(['1']);
+
+    expect(networkInterface.query).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    client.resetStore();
+
+    expect(networkInterface.query).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
   it('will recycle `ObservableQuery`s when re-rendering a portion of the tree', done => {
     const query = gql`query people { allPeople(first: 1) { people { name } } }`;
     const data = { allPeople: { people: [ { name: 'Luke Skywalker' } ] } };