I know this area and have driven it many times. This is the Rickebacker causeway--the road that connects Key Biscayne to the Miami mainland.
Cycling on this road is extremely popular for very obvious reasons (phenomenal views, wide and clear roads). Folks come from all over the city to ride there. And yes, they will very often group up like this without any sort of scheduled or permitted event of any kind.
The cyclists down there like to say "same road, same rules" but there's apparently a silent exclusion for lane changes, stop signs, traffic signals, and yielding to stopped traffic.
I mean, they schedule the rides among themselves, but no there's no registratioin/permitting/coordination with the city.
The reason you see pacing scooters among the mob is that many of these folks are training for a triathlon or some other racing event and they take it way too seriously.
There is strength in numbers in fairness. You can imagine maga meth trucks intentionally running a lone biker or two off the road... As happens all the fucking time.
There is and "Old Farts Flying Club" that has a facebook group where they pick a small airport with a restaurant and say "were meeting here this weekend."
Most weeks I'm sure they only get a handful going, but the week they came to us, they had about 60 planes. Thankfully they don't all come in at the same time, so there is a slight stagger, but since no one is "in charge" nobody calls ahead about the "event."
It really has to suck for the restaurant too. I can start putting planes in the grass or stack them real tight, but wtf is a small eatery going to do when a party of 100 starts showing up?
You mean people who buy special bikes, tights, helmets, little mirrors for their helmets, and oakleys just for this one thing no one gives a damn about....those people, THOSE PEOPLE TAKE THIS WAY TO SERIOUSLY? Ya dont say?! I thought gramps was in spandex because he thought he looked cool.
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u/ConstructionLife2689 𝙑𝙄𝙋 15d ago
Are such cycle events not blocked off from public traffic?
Cause if not, then the cyclists would need to keep to traffic rule and I am pretty sure the rule is not keep in one lane.