Pay Attention In The Pace Line.

Wobbegong

Well-Known Member
Today I was reminded how important it is to pay close attention when riding in a pace line. I had a second row seat to carnage tonight. We were humming along at around 22 mph, I heard the tire on tire sound, then I saw the gyroscopic effect assisted slow motion bike going over, then full on pavement surfing. I jumped on the brakes hard, nose picked the bike for a second after yelling "stop" or something like that, luckily the guy behind me is a great rider and saw it coming and has good brake skills. The guy had no broken bones, but a good case of road rash. This happened at mile 5 of a 31 mile ride, he toughed it out and finished the ride. I gave him 4 advil when we got back, I'm sure he was happy to see them.
 

MTB Aussie

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Today I was reminded how important it is to pay close attention when riding in a pace line. I had a second row seat to carnage tonight. We were humming along at around 22 mph, I heard the tire on tire sound, then I saw the gyroscopic effect assisted slow motion bike going over, then full on pavement surfing. I jumped on the brakes hard, nose picked the bike for a second after yelling "stop" or something like that, luckily the guy behind me is a great rider and saw it coming and has good brake skills. The guy had no broken bones, but a good case of road rash. This happened at mile 5 of a 31 mile ride, he toughed it out and finished the ride. I gave him 4 advil when we got back, I'm sure he was happy to see them.
Similar thing happened a couple of weeks back on a group ride on Washington Valley Rd. There were six in line and the lead guy somehow got his front wheel up over a small curb and started dragging his rear wheel along. It wouldn't hop up so he crabbed sideways for a few meters and the rest of us watched in horror waiting for him to slide out. There was traffic on our 7 so we couldn't scatter but instead all managed to pull up and avoid hitting him. He finally saved it which was good to see. Props to the other dude for finishing the ride.
 
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