Originally Posted by bitingduck
Pfft.
Depends entirely on the rider. When it's championship (state/nats/masters) season around here a good fraction of the people at the local velodrome sprout geek bars and ride them in the groups on the track where plenty of people aren't on them. Some of them are preparing for Individual Pursuit, some for Team Pursuit. It's fine. A few who are focused on TT riding use them all the time and they're ok, too. People ride them in the front of the line, in the back, and sometimes in the middle. It doesn't seem to bother anybody. Then again, we don't have brakes, either...
Yeah, the brakes thing makes it different. Also, pacelines are different than a pack. Pacelines are very organized and structured, smooth and predictable. Packs are dynamic, too much jockeying going on making for more abrupt movements.