Originally Posted by
Lrdchaos
That at would be fantastic If people would hold to that. For example, on a ride last week I had pulled for a couple minutes at 26.5-27mph, when I drift over and started soft pedaling the persons that was now the leader kicked the pace up to 29mph before I was back in the line. So the soft pedal tuned into a hard sprint just to grab a back wheel. Not fun, considering I was already recovering from a long hard pull. I guess it’s just human natural to blow it out when you get on the front.
You pulled for too long and you jumped too late or timed getting back onto the back wheel wrong. Its okay it takes a while to get used to. When you move over and soft pedal you still need to maintain a close speed differential with the line depending on how many riders there are and anticipate when the end of the line is coming up. You should be matching their speed by the time they pass and just sliding over