Paceline riding is all about team work. The idea is to conserve energy since the person in front of you blocks the wind. In order to be effective, you keep a distance of upto 18 inches max. The main important lesson with team work is communication. It's like a domino effect calling out words up and down the pace line.
"all in" or "all through"-the entire team has gone through a street light, a stop sing, after a "gap" or after changing leaders.
"rolling" after stopping at a stop light or stop sign, you call this out when you are ready to bike forward
""slowing"-to let the person known behind you that you are slowing down
"biker/jogger/walker/car left/right"-to let the person ahead of you know that there's an incoming obstacle
"car back"-there's an incoming car next to you
"debris"-anything in the way of the path and you can also point to it
"gap"-if there's more than 2 bike lengths of distance, so the people ahead of you will slow down so that person that has the gap can catch up
"stopping"-you say this in advance so the person behind you knows you are slowing down to stop
"turning"-this includes a u-turn and you can also point to the left or to the right in the direction you will be turning
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