Originally Posted by
seypat
Glad some of you enjoyed the story! I just looked up Maynard Herschon and will pick up his book to read over the rest of the winter. Repechage's point above about mashing in the big ring is exactly what made me think I could drop that group. They were all about being on the biggest gear they could turn at the slowest cadence possible.
Of course, in the old days, you could simply pull alongside the lead guy, reach down, and push his left shifter all the way forward, then drop the hammer
