All good advise. I'll add to keep an eye out for the squirrels, they will make themselves known in short order (and become worse as they get tired), and to position yourself an inch or 2 to either side of the rider in front of you, and overlap temporarily, instead of running into them, if they slow down suddenly (or you fail to pay attention) I don't know why the last one seems so difficult to some. Oh, and yes, maintain speed up the hills, its the law...