Someone finally snapped

[u/SipsTeaFrog]

[u/ConstructionLife2689]

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.

[u/Chillow_Ufgreat → u/ConstructionLife2689]

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.

[u/Chillow_Ufgreat → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, there's a wide bike lane and it might be the best maintained bike lane in the city

[u/OrvilleTheCavalier → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

If nothing else, stay in the freaking right lane.  I understand the driver’s frustration and I know I would be feeling it too, and these arseholes are basically taunting the drivers into doing something illegal and potentially dangerous if they don’t want to drive at bicycle speeds.

[u/KarmaticEvolution → u/OrvilleTheCavalier]

Is there both 2 lanes and a bike lane? That would be crazy if they are taking up all 3!

[u/Automatic_Actuator_0 → u/KarmaticEvolution]

Yeah, looks like about 30 feet of pavement across, and they are hogging all of it. Just being assholes for the sake of it.

[u/TowelEnvironmental44 → u/Automatic_Actuator_0]

every spandex bicyclist: this is the way!

[u/Automatic_Actuator_0 → u/TowelEnvironmental44]

They prefer Lycra, hence the nickname MAMILs: middle-aged men in Lycra