kajet wrote:
The practical application is that you hold 13 meters (5 bike lengths from the rear wheel plus some margin). The draft effect doesn’t suddenly drop or disappear over that meter.
Yes but:
- referees don't have a laser meter. Your judgement of the space may differ from that of a judge on a motorbike. And there's no way to appeal that
- you have to consider that if you accidentally enter the drafting zone you have to pass the entire paceline. And if you're being passed you need to slot back to the end of the paceline.
In the real world hardly any amateur does it and that's how the massive draft packs are formed. Most don't even know the rules well enough to tell the difference or simply know they are likely to get away with it.
The real world application of amateurs staying in a paceline is that most are drafting a lot of the time.
Feel good about it if you're doing it right, feel bad about it if you aren't 🤷
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marcoviappiani: Oct 8, 23 11:45