How many cyclists does it take to form a peleton ?

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edited May 2013 in The cake stop
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  • xcMuttley
    xcMuttley Posts: 434
    Twos a pair, Threes a group and fours a peleton...Thought everyone knew that ;)
    Dont think it matters really lol. But Peleton is a meaning for platoon in french and a platoon contains at least 26 people so 26? Maybe...
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  • mattbass789
    mattbass789 Posts: 355
    What's the difference between an echelon, a peloton, a group and a bunch?

    Is it one of those all pelotons are groups but not all groups are pelotons?
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  • manoirdelourde
    manoirdelourde Posts: 133
    There's really no set number, and it'll depend on how many riders there are, and how they are spread out, or lumped together along the course.

    Peloton simply refers to the main body of riders sticking together.
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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    mattbass789 wrote:
    What's the difference between an echelon, a peloton, a group and a bunch?

    Is it one of those all pelotons are groups but not all groups are pelotons?

    What about the leading bunch, the chasing bunch...and the gruppetto! How many riders constitute a gruppetto?!
  • Percy Vera
    Percy Vera Posts: 1,103
    mattbass789 wrote:
    What's the difference between an echelon, a peloton, a group and a bunch?

    Is it one of those all pelotons are groups but not all groups are pelotons?

    Well, an echelon is a formation.
    The peloton is the majority.
  • tim_wand
    tim_wand Posts: 2,552
    They are all exactly what Sir Dave Brailsford tells Bradley they are and wants Chris to make them. :D
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    How many riders does it take to measure a 1 second time interval?
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    xcMuttley wrote:
    Twos a pair, Threes a group and fours a peloton...Thought everyone knew that ;)
    Dont think it matters really lol. But peloton is a meaning for platoon in french and a platoon contains at least 26 people so 26? Maybe...

    26 that's a bit random...
  • dynamicbrick
    dynamicbrick Posts: 460
    RideOnTime wrote:
    xcMuttley wrote:
    Twos a pair, Threes a group and fours a peloton...Thought everyone knew that ;)
    Dont think it matters really lol. But peloton is a meaning for platoon in french and a platoon contains at least 26 people so 26? Maybe...

    26 that's a bit random...

    It's to do with command structure and practical limitations of commanding people in combat - a platoon is commanded by a junior officer, consisting of several sections of men (usually 8 in the British Army) commanded by an NCO.

    The theory is that two to three dozen men is about the limit of what any one person can keep track of in the field, and command down through three of four NCOs.
  • Mccaria
    Mccaria Posts: 869
    Peloton is where the number of riders is big enough such that you can hide in the wheels, not doing a turn on the front without anyone noticing or admonishing you.
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    RideOnTime wrote:
    xcMuttley wrote:
    Twos a pair, Threes a group and fours a peloton...Thought everyone knew that ;)
    Dont think it matters really lol. But peloton is a meaning for platoon in french and a platoon contains at least 26 people so 26? Maybe...

    26 that's a bit random...

    makes sense though... I'd say up to 20 is just a 'group' and 30 is definitely a peloton.. so the line has to be drawn somewhere!
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Suprised there is nothing in "the rules" about this.
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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    So we are just using platoon as the proxy for a peleton.. and we're saying 25 is not a peleton... 26 is.
    sorted...
    next question. :D
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Frank the tank wrote:
    Suprised there is nothing in "the rules" about this.
    Perhaps you're not being serious, and it doesn't particularly concern me either, but if it's of any relevance to those interested, according to the Giro rules this year (to do with the combativity type prizes), a break isn't really a break if it contains more than 10 riders, then it's more a mini-peloton.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    knedlicky wrote:
    Frank the tank wrote:
    Suprised there is nothing in "the rules" about this.
    Perhaps you're not being serious, and it doesn't particularly concern me either, but if it's of any relevance to those interested, according to the Giro rules this year (to do with the combativity type prizes), a break isn't really a break if it contains more than 10 riders, then it's more a mini-peloton.

    But peloton is French, isn't it? The Italians must have another word for it.
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    But peloton is French, isn't it? The Italians must have another word for it.
    Groupo?
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,742
    What's the French word for peloton?
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  • DesB3rd
    DesB3rd Posts: 285
    we're saying 25 is not a peloton... 26 is.
    sorted...

    The etymology may be more complicated again; "platoon" in French derives from "ball" which the French appear to have use for after the fashion that we use "clump." Whether the cycling use comes directly from the military useage or shares its origins with the military term...

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