Hello peleton

[Arch]

Out on the trike today, came to a T junction and turned left, then had doubts about whether I was going the right way, checked the map, yes, needed to turn round (the signpost that would have sent me right in both senses of the word, had been knocked over). Anyway, as I passed the road I'd turned out of, I looked up it, and saw a shimmering shining mass coming down it. Kept my eye on the mirror, and saw the peleton turn right out of the road behind me. Changed up a gear, but realised quite quickly that it just wasn't worth the effort trying to race. They all said hello cheerily as they passed, and then reformed into a shimmering shiny bunch again, and shimmered off up the road.

So if you were out in a group in the Howden area, and passed a bright orange recumbent trike, Hello!

 

[Globalti]

I thought recumbents were deadly swift?

 

[brockers]

Watching the Ronde (on streamed Belgian TV) today, they had 'peloton' translated as platoon at the bottom of the screen. Never occurred to me that they are effectively the same word.

 

[longers]

Never occurred to me that they are effectively the same word.

Me either. I've never had cause to think about it and am not a cunning linguist.
Good fact!

 

[catalan chris]

Following the thread a bit deeper (and with an assist from Wiki):-

The peloton (from french literally meaning little ball or platoon and also related to the english word pellet.

It's so obvious now - hadn't really thought about it before!

 

[Arch]

I thought recumbents were deadly swift?

In the right hands, they are. In the hands of me, after 40 miles or so, into a headwind, with a flag, they are rather average. Still I felt the wind less than I would have on an upright.

And they were in a tight bunch, so they were all helping each other.