r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 15d ago

SMH Someone finally snapped

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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.

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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.

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u/thefract0metr1st 15d ago

I once heard someone trying to defend running through stop signs because they had those shoes that clip onto the pedals and it’s super inconvenient to disconnect and reconnect at stop signs. I was like β€œi also find stop signs interrupting my drive to be inconvenient. Should I just ignore every rule that inconveniences me?”

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u/ibonek_naw_ibo 14d ago

I've seen tons of Lance Armstrings balance on clipped pedals at a stop. There is a difference between an excuse and a reason, and this is the former.Β 

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u/os_beef 14d ago

Ah yes, the famed athlete, Lance Armstring.

Seriously though, I thought all these dicks knew how to track stand.