[Closed] Drafting

oldgit · 2011-06-08T08:05:04Z

Just so I know we're all singing from the same hymsheet. This is my take on it, has been for years. When on a fast paced club training run, you do a stint out front and without a word being spoken another rider takes up the work. When that second rider come through he does it slowly and smoothly ensuring he picks you up without you having to put anymore effort in? What I find, and what I'm trying to correct is that my new club mates probably do a little too much on the front and then flick the elbow, but the rider taking up the work goes past too fast immediately leaving a gap. Meaning the previous front man has to up his pace to get on. To me elbow flicking is race language to get a wheelsucker to work in a break. And passing too quickily is more akin to making a jump. Am I wrong, simply too old in my ways or what?

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ourmaninthenorth

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People will be wearing black socks next, and leaving the house with frayed cables.

I noticed that I must have lost the ferrule from my rear mech cable last year, as it's properly frayed now. Shifting is working perfectly, but I'll still have to meddle and change the cable.

🙄

Posted : 09/06/2011 3:15 pm

oldgit

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Now a true Manchester Wheeler would go out riding looking for it 😉

Posted : 09/06/2011 7:10 pm

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