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Originally Posted by dim (Post 18697434)

they fancied your girlfriend ... they knew exactly what they were doing

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Originally Posted by mrodgers (Post 18698076)

Ha! Best answer to the question thus far. :D

+1 :thumb:

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Originally Posted by PepeM (Post 18697551)

Dial it up to 400 watts and drop them...

My advice would be to glance knowingly across at your girlfriend and look for the soonest opportunity to attack. Move left of the line and, in tandem, pour on the power to distance yourselves from the pack. See how they respond. You may be joined by one or two, and if so, good.

Push the pace until you've opened a one or two minute gap, and then settle in to your group's strong pace. Take turns rotating off the front to keep you and your new partner(s) fresh.

Anyway, I read it in a book once...

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Originally Posted by Phil_gretz (Post 18699063)

Ha! I mean, those 1.75" MTB tires probably cut a nice draft for that line, eh?

I did do that by myself on the MTB on a charity ride for fun once. Managed to pass them all, opened up a couple hundred yard gap, then fell over dead and watched them all pass me again :)