That looks like a paceline to me.

I also think double pacelines are silly. Needlessly complicated to those that are uninformed how a paceline is supposed to work. Which, in my opinion, in 90% of the riders out there.

Yep, that's what I meant. That is the only double paceline I've ever done.

Well except a recent slower-paced group ride that was a double paceline in which both people pulling would come off to the left. I was on the right and could figure out how to get off the front. My "partner" just pulled forever and seemingly couldn't hear what I was saying when I was telling him I wanted off. I was trapped and finally just came off to the right like a normal person. :)

I think it works best with about 10-12 riders that are well in synch. Fortunately, the majority of the 30 knew what they were doing so it was pretty smooth. Fun to do something different once in a while.

What he said. Every breakaway that I was ever in in a race operated a line like a chainsaw. Constant rotation, no sitting on the front.

The problem is that a lot of inexperienced riders want to up the pace instead of just flow through and move aside, or they want to sit on the front and pull which is fine on a lot of rides but not nearly as efficient.

Exactly. A plain ol rotating paceline is an amazing thing. If folks would just learn what a slight soft pedal means, and quit racing the guy that's rotating off the front, it would be so much better.

My favorite is the gaggle, or a hoard of scorchers, 30-60+, just a mass moving down the street at a high rate of speed, maybe defined by some sort of echelon at the head, everyone just filtering up through gaps to the front as necessary according to the whims of the ego.

goes well with a few bottles of red being handed around, etc..

When I was in Boulder I saw a four-man rotating "box" on one of my first group rides at the front. I wanted no part of being that close, so I hung a couple of lengths back. It was amazing to watch though.

Sounds like a typical Worlds ride. No matter what town it is.

Tried to get one going in our gaggle today on a long headwind stretch... gaggle stayed gaggle.

...right around 26 seconds in. :)

Mama always said, stupid is as stupid does.

Mama told me not to come.

Face plant on the second lap of the first race at this morning's CX event. Passing a guy going up an off-camber hill. He washed out. I went over the bars. Impact moved the left shifter. I got a fat lip.

#goodtimes

It's good you're OK, [MENTION=130160]rjones28[/MENTION].

Grassy hillsides are fairly forgiving. Athough, my nose kind of hurt for the rest of the race.

And I did another, longer, race after that. I did not fall down during the second race.

...ouch. That over the bars thing happens pretty fast. Good thing, 'cause it's scary.
Has anyone asked you if the bike was OK yet ? If not, let me be the first. :)

...well, tomorrow morning tells the tale. You always look worse in the morning after the swelling has had a chance to work its magic. #iceit

Bike is A-ok. Just needed to remove the grass from the lever and push it back into place. :)

Youch.

Which also means you'll be first to whatever food there is.

#Getoutofmywayfatso

Did I really post that?

Oh dear. I have caught a disease.

I heard Australia has recently overtaken USA in obesity.