Originally Posted by
63rickert
One of the nicest things about the rides I am describing is that short pulls were learned. Way too many group rides work with one minute pulls, short pulls really do work better.
The trouble with short pulls is you lose one bike length every time a rider pulls off. There's a reason ProTour teams went away from a fast rotating double pace lines.
Rotating in a breakaway is a different story. There no one wants to do any more work than the next guy so generally everyone takes as short a pull as possible, i.e., pulls off as soon as the rider former lead rider is behind them.