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Originally posted by dd74
When riding in a peloton, one's threshold of error has to be extremely small - for example - watch the rider in front of you, if your tire touches his, you probably will go down. When one goes down in a peloton invariably a large portion of the peloton goes down, akin to a domino effect. To me, it's a horrible thing to see happen.
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And even more horrible to participate in
I did a Cat 3 road race years ago where I chickened out on a breakaway and ended up in the pack sprint for 3rd. We had the wind at our backs and it was probably the fastest I've ever gone on a flat road other than motor pacing. The guys in front tapped their brakes as did I and my partner on the left. There followed a series of skids and seriously grisly crunches and crashes. I never looked back, didn't place either, but still felt like the luckiest man around. After that I always took my chances with an early sprint break.