motor pacingn.
/ˈməʊtə ˌpeɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊdər ˌpeɪsɪŋ/ Cycling.
The action or practice of riding in the slipstream of a motorcycle in order to increase one's pace. Cf. pacing n. 2.
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1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 8 Apr. 6 He's also doing a lot of ‘motor pacing’, behind the motorcycles for one to four hours a day, to increase his speed and stamina.
1989 Winning Oct. 53/2 I did 75 km motor pacing along the canal in Ghent.
1995 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 8 Apr. 11 The keirin is a five-lap race that consists of four laps of motorpacing behind a motorcycle. On the last lap, the motorcycle..leaves the track to the racers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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