Cleanest way to exit a paceline
03-29-22, 12:04 PM
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03-29-22, 12:23 PM
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Ideally, you wait until you take your pull and then just don't jump back on the back again. This, of course, is hard to time in long pacelines, so the second choice is to signal your exit and try to sprint up alongside the person in front of you so the person behind you can easily catch up. This, of course, is not easy when you've already blown up. The last choice is to just raise your hand and everyone will know to go around you, mumbling obscenities at you for making them close the gap.
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03-29-22, 01:03 PM
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Could be he's comparing that to the back of the pack, where you keep yo-yoing and have to repeatedly burn matches to catch up again.?
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03-29-22, 02:21 PM
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If it's a true rotating paceline, the simplest and safest thing is to take your turn then rotate to the back. When you get to the end of the line moving back, just don't move over into the line moving up. Announce to the riders in front of you that you need a break and are just going to sit on for a bit. (Advanced variation: when you get to the back, sit on the opposite side of the rotation so that the rider who's in front will look over, not see anyone, think they're the end of the line, and they'll move into to up line.) The main thing is to not disrupt the flow or to do anything weird or squirrelly.
03-29-22, 05:57 PM
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If it's a true rotating paceline, the simplest and safest thing is to take your turn then rotate to the back. When you get to the end of the line moving back, just don't move over into the line moving up. Announce to the riders in front of you that you need a break and are just going to sit on for a bit. (Advanced variation: when you get to the back, sit on the opposite side of the rotation so that the rider who's in front will look over, not see anyone, think they're the end of the line, and they'll move into to up line.) The main thing is to not disrupt the flow or to do anything weird or squirrelly.
03-29-22, 05:57 PM
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My hands and arms are not that strong, and I definitely cannot clench my bum around the thin part of the saddle for all that long.
03-29-22, 06:04 PM
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Don't sit up, keep pedaling, but throttle back and people will just filter around. Much safer to drift to the back that way than making a sudden lateral movement.
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03-29-22, 06:13 PM
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This. If you did it in a paceline, it would be bad, but in a big amorphous pack ride, others will just swarm around you. Just work hard enough that your speed drops off gradually, rather than blowing up and going backwards fast in the middle of the pack.
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Come on, really? You must read LarrySellerz as fan fiction, especially if he is the OP.
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ugh I feel like such a jerk doing this but I guess yeah filtering past a slow rider isn’t that cumbersome. My “squirrely sudden lateral movements” are always accompanied by a hand signal of atleast 1 second before moving, but once I heard a “woah” from behind me when leaving a pack I was blowing up in (single speed on descent) which wasn’t fun to hear.
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It’s a lot less jerky than swinging out. Also, if you flat in the middle of the pack, that’s also how to handle it: put your hand up, yell “flat! flat!” and hold your line while you let people filter around you. Once the pack clears you, pull to the shoulder and come to a stop. Nice and easy, especially if it’s a front flat.
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I have not gone clipless yet -- I am still riding on a pair of RaceFace AEffect (flat pedals with spikes) -- so if I get skyhooked I may not be strong enough to hold onto my bike.
My hands and arms are not that strong, and I definitely cannot clench my bum around the thin part of the saddle for all that long.
My hands and arms are not that strong, and I definitely cannot clench my bum around the thin part of the saddle for all that long.
Particularly if you've not exercised your gluteal muscles sufficiently to maintain a good grip on your saddle.
Definitely something to consider before grabbing a skyhook for a quick exit from the paceline.
03-30-22, 11:58 AM
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Ah, in that case you do indeed just raise your hand and slow down. The others will go around you.
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ugh I feel like such a jerk doing this but I guess yeah filtering past a slow rider isn’t that cumbersome. My “squirrely sudden lateral movements” are always accompanied by a hand signal of atleast 1 second before moving, but once I heard a “woah” from behind me when leaving a pack I was blowing up in (single speed on descent) which wasn’t fun to hear.
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I find it quite difficult to avoid a slight lateral deviation when looking behind over my shoulder. Just as well that I don't ride in a pack.
