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- noun A
formation in whichriders (especially cycle racers) travel in a line one close behind the other in order to conserve energy by riding in thedraft of the riders in front thus enabling the group to travel at a faster rate than any of the riders in the group could do alone.
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Examples
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I dig time trials, yes, but getting into a paceline and hanging on for dear life is fun.
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It must be something, being Riccardo Riccò, lying there in that hospital bed and realizing that you are about as popular with your colleagues as a snot rocket launched from the front of a paceline.
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There are SO many people on that ride, it is almost impossible to not get in a paceline most of the route.
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I dig time trials, yes, but getting into a paceline and hanging on for dear life is fun.
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And in terms of paceline roll-out chatter, I'm not sure which is worse: the endless nonsense about "watts;" or, "You smell quite lovely this morning--like lilac with just a hint of fromage du frumunda."
Archive 2010-09-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010
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And in terms of paceline roll-out chatter, I'm not sure which is worse: the endless nonsense about "watts;" or, "You smell quite lovely this morning--like lilac with just a hint of fromage du frumunda."
Laying it On Thick: Your Epidermis is Showing BikeSnobNYC 2010
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We are now on the Nogales Highway heading north and motoring like a well-oiled paceline should.
Archive 2009-03-01 KBK 2009
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Once we got away from the start at University of Arizona and out onto the quieter roads, we settled into a paceline going slightly uphill with gradients from 1 t0 3%.
Archive 2009-03-01 KBK 2009
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The red line betrays that boys will be boys as testosterone pushed us into ever increasing paceline speeds on the highway in.
Archive 2009-04-01 Marty 2009
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And no, I'm not bitter just because I lost my shot at the podium when the paceline I joined turned out to be a bike funeral procession.
BSNYC Frifun Quiz Day! BikeSnobNYC 2009
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