Originally Posted by
LarrySellerz
I don’t really do the organized paceline thing, but to me this is entirely dependent on the fitness of the riders. If you’re bored sitting on a wheel it’s not disruptive to go up to the front and pull for a while. Frankly it’s a problem on the rides I’m on where people won’t take the initiative to get on the front and pull, especially if we need to bring back a breakaway.
Love it. "I don't know what I'm talking about but I'm going to take part anyway". Again Larry...just stop.
As for length of pulls...it totally depends. Depends on the ride and what is 'normal'. On some of our rides we'd take longer pulls (if we could...nobody said anything if you just rolled through) and sometimes we'd try to roll through from the start. If someone we didn't necessarily like got to the front and accelerated we'd just soft pedal and let them ride off into the distance for a while. There is no 'normal' pull.