sit in the wheels

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sit in the wheels (third-person singular simple present sits in the wheels, present participle sitting in the wheels, simple past and past participle sat in the wheels)

1. (cycling) To wheelsuck.
   • 2010, Simon Brooke, “Re: SPOILER (stage 8) - days when you wish the stage was 5k longer....”, in uk.rec.cycling.moderated (Usenet):

     Yes, you /can/ win by sitting in the wheels consistently and never doing any work. But it isn't admirable.