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follow a wheel

follow a wheel verb: to match the pace of riders who are setting the tempo.

Verb

follow a wheel (third-person singular simple present follows a wheel, present participle following a wheel, simple past and past participle followed a wheel)

  1. To match the pace of riders who are setting the tempo.
    • He didn't know how to follow a wheel.2013, Herbie Sykes, Maglia Rosa 2nd Edition: Triumph and Tragedy at the Giro D'Italia
    • But beware if you don't master the group-riding skills: if you are afraid to follow a wheel, or when you are not completely stable.2015, Suze Clemitson, Ride the Revolution: The Inside Stories from Women in Cycling

Forms of follow a wheel

third-person singular presentfollows a wheel
present participlefollowing a wheel
past participlefollowed a wheel
pastfollowed a wheel

Questions about follow a wheel

What does follow a wheel mean?
Follow a wheel means to match the pace of riders who are setting the tempo.
What part of speech is follow a wheel?
Follow a wheel is a verb.
What is the past tense of follow a wheel?
The past tense of follow a wheel is followed a wheel.

Words near follow a wheel in the dictionary

  1. follitropins
  2. Follmer
  3. Follmers
  4. follostatin
  5. follow
  6. follow a wheel
  7. follow along
  8. follow board
  9. follow boards
  10. follow in someone's footsteps
  11. follow my leader

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