Originally Posted by
shovelhd
I'll sit on the front of the field to help a teammate get up the road, but only for a rotation or two. It's much more effective to cover from 10-15 back.
Most of the races I've been in, this is absolutely true. The above was a rare time that they literally let my drag them around at 22mph for 1.5 hours. I dunno wtf they were thinking, but once the break mates that I had "blessed" got up to him, they were doing 25mph. 30 minutes to go, the pack finally came around me and started flying, but it was way way too late. I just sat in and waited for the sprint... then flatted with 2km to go
