Originally Posted by
Voodoo76
This is a time honored technique. If done properly you would be amazed how often it works. That could be a whole other thread "You're going to do all the work".
It got bad enough a couple times earlier in the ride with trying to get a faster rotation going that it would end after one rotation with dingleberries content with a chill 200w puller on the front.
Imagine the slow staredowns in real races with 1km to go where nobody wants to go. Imagine that with 15 other dudes at mile 15 of 30 of weeknight worlds. Somebody want to actually freaking ride?
I'm surprised the strongest dude who eventually got away at the end didn't put us out of our misery then and there. Maybe he didn't want to time trial alone for a half hour and preferred company. We're a training ride for that guy.