half-wheel
half-wheel verb: to maintain a distance of half a wheel in front of another rider, regarded as poor etiquette.
Verb
half-wheel (third-person singular simple present half-wheels, present participle half-wheeling, simple past and past participle half-wheeled)
- To maintain a distance of half a wheel in front of another rider, regarded as poor etiquette.
- Nobody half-wheels Bob and gets away with it. Bob kept forcing the pace by trying to ride next to him, and the pace escalated for almost an hour until Jock finally had to drop back.1992, Davis Phinney, Training for Cycling: The Ultimate Guide to Improved Performance
- A less structured daily goal for the first example might be to just enjoy a nice talking pace throughout the ride, avoiding the urge to attack your comrades or follow attacks by your comrades and also avoiding half-wheeling.2010, Robert Panzera, Cycling Fast, page 194
Forms of half-wheel
| third-person singular present | half-wheels |
|---|---|
| present participle | half-wheeling |
| past participle | half-wheeled |
| past | half-wheeled |
Words formed from half-wheel
- half-wheeler
Questions about half-wheel
- What does half-wheel mean?
- Half-wheel means to maintain a distance of half a wheel in front of another rider, regarded as poor etiquette.
- What part of speech is half-wheel?
- Half-wheel is a verb.
- What is the past tense of half-wheel?
- The past tense of half-wheel is half-wheeled.
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