From PasadenaNow:

What happens when a 60-year-old tradition clashes with public safety?

Monday night the Pasadena City Council sided with safety by taking the first steps toward passing an ordinance designed to prevent bicyclists from riding in “peloton” formation around the Rose Bowl.
 
A peloton is a large group of cyclists riding four or more abreast. Just as in car racing, cyclists can reduce air drag, and thus the effort exhausted, by having other riders in front of and around them. After a few minutes in the front, the leaders fall back and let another group lead.

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Thanks, France!

Things Aaron Proctor Learned From This Article:

1.  What the hell peloton is.

2.  Steve Madison is at least worried about bike crashes.

3.  Margaret McAustin used words that sounded like she was comparing the activity to terrorism or nuclear war or living in the Midwest. Bonus: If you google her name, my website comes up first.

4.  Victor Gordo wasn’t hungry for chicken.

5.  Sid Tyler can still ride a bike.

6.  City Attorney Michele Beal Bagneris put the city “on Notice” and proceeded to make bears the #1 threat to Pasadena a la Stephen Colbert.

- AP