wheelsuck

English

Etymology

From wheel +‎ suck.

Pronunciation

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Verb

wheelsuck (third-person singular simple present wheelsucks, present participle wheelsucking, simple past and past participle wheelsucked)

1. (cycling, intransitive) To sit on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.
   • 2001, Andrew Albright, “World Championships (was Re: What is John Eustice cycling backround? ^[sic]”, in rec.bicycles.racing (Usenet):

     Here we have several World Championships every week. There is 'Hill Worlds', and then some other ones. What happens a lot of time^[sic] is that only a few people who race show up, and you can have your way with the majority of Freds who do the ride (Hill Worlds is fun because people can't wheelsuck).

Synonyms

• sit in the wheels
• sit on someone's wheel
• slipstream