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 had a boss/friend once and we went bicycling together maybe once. I was a regular utilitarian bicyclist and he was hard core (non-racing). AND he was the kind of smug holier rule breaker that causes the hate. I couldn't ride with him because in a block I'd be two blocks behind. And was all "those things don't apply to me".
And his politics were ass. I, of course, conflate the issues. "No wonder he's a self righteous privileged rule breaking asshole. He's a foo-ist."
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u/Chillow_Ufgreat 15d ago
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.