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Old 04-19-03 | 10:21 PM
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Originally posted by Cadd
When you guys are drafting trucks & school buses, how do you keep an eye on the road? What if there is a hugh pothole or an open manhole cover?

Pretty scary.
We do it on roads that we know there is a road on my way to school that is 2 lanes each way with a turning strip in the middle. Busy as hell. It has the smooth seal (the smoothest you can get) for about 2 or 3 km, and there are no obstructions. I know it well. I draft trucks and buses at over 50kmh uphill along there! I once moved off from the lights behind a bus though, but flagged drafting it as soon as the water started running off the back of the thing! This is on the MTB too, not the roadie!

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