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Beating the peloton

Jan 25th, 2010 by sloper

Two miles away from my turn around point on my Saturday 40 mile ride, going in the opposite direction was a group of 5 in a peloton.  As they approached me  I could see them drafting and changing position. We passed each other and I saw they had a couple nice TREK bikes and were well equipped; going a good pace.  I got to my turn around point and got back up to pace.  4 miles later I saw the group of 5 about 1/2 mile up.  Well the challenge was on.  I was going to pass them.  I looked at my Speedo and it clocked 22 -23 mph.  I didn’t realize I was keeping up that pace.  I approached and proudly yelled out “ON YOUR LEFT !!!” and 5 surprised bikers yielded and I blew right past them. I never looked back and they never caught up.

It was great little moment for the ego.  :)

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Posted in Biking, Iron Man, Orlando Trails

One Response to “Beating the peloton”

  1. Carolina John says:
    January 28, 2010 at 3:01 am

    Nice! 23-24 is a sweet pace steve! i’m lucky to hold 20 for any real length of time. passing a peloton is just sugar.

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