Grupetto: Get Dropped

Every group says "no-drop." Grupetto is what it takes to mean it. Nobody rides off the back unnoticed. Drift off the group and the riders nearest you get a quiet nudge — not the whole bunch, and not twenty minutes later. Stop moving and the app asks if you're okay before it tells anyone. Don't answer, and it escalates. Need a hand? One tap. Flat, mechanical, bonked, crash, lost. It reaches the ride leaders with where you are. Someone answers "on my way," and everyone else is told they can keep rolling, so the whole bunch doesn't turn around. It works when the phone is in your pocket. Sharing survives a locked screen. Alerts arrive as time-sensitive notifications, so they reach a watch, a head unit that mirrors notifications, or a pocket you'd otherwise never feel. It works where the phone doesn't. Ride through a dead zone and your fixes queue up and send when service returns. If half…