What is a sweep?

[laura]

I am looking at local group rides online and a lot of them say "18-20 mile an hours pace, if you can't keep up you may be dropped, no sweep." What is a sweep?

[DRB]

I am looking at local group rides online and a lot of them say "18-20 mile an hours pace, if you can't keep up you may be dropped, no sweep." What is a sweep?

A sweep is typically a rider that rides with the last rider in the group to make sure that they don't get lost or left behind.

If you can't keep up you're on your own.

[McGRP01]

Someone who rides in the back of the group/paceline to make sure noone gets dropped? Just a guess.....

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[Wumpus]

So what came first the "broom wagon"* or the "sweep"?






*The broom wagon follows a race and any riders it catches get swept up and must abandon the race.

[sanjuro]

btw, in TdF, the broom wagon is the vehicle which picks up riders who quit. They actually attach a broom to the van, but I can't say if the phrase sweep was used before the invention of the broom wagon.

[Wumpus]

btw, in TdF, the broom wagon is the vehicle which picks up riders who quit. They actually attach a broom to the van, but I can't say if the phrase sweep was used before the invention of the broom wagon.

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