I wrote this for the Orange County Bike Club’s newsletter recently, my home club. We do a fast group ride every Saturday called the Hump where I am repeatedly forced to the limits of my strength and/or fitness by other, stronger (and usually younger) riders. What I’ve learned over the years is that you don’t have to be the strongest, but it pays to be the smartest.

Here’s the recipe for what I call “Peloton Surfing”. You don’t have to be a racer for this to apply; pretty much every cyclist has been dropped from a group at one time or another.
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