City Considers Crackdown On Training Cyclists

"For 60 years bike racers riding handlebar-to-handlebar in packs -- known to bicyclists as a 'peloton' -- have trained and conditioned themselves by pedaling laps around the famed football stadium. The tighter the racers group themselves together, the less wind resistance they experience. And the faster they go."

"There are occasional mishaps. They can run into cars, sideswipe pedestrians or joggers, and veer into each other. Lately, though, the bicyclists have been on a collision course with Pasadena city leaders."

"Officials have set a deadline for peloton riders to help figure out how to coexist with others when they circle the outside of the football stadium."

"As many as 150 pack riders turn out each Tuesday and Thursday for Rose Bowl rides."

"But the early evening hours are also prime exercise time for thousands of joggers, walkers, skaters and baby-stroller pushers who also enjoy circling the stadium while the sun is setting beyond the arroyo's steep wall."

"Complaints involving the encounters prompted an investigation by the Pasadena Police Department, which led to a proposed crackdown on peloton riders at the Rose Bowl and elsewhere in the city."