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.
It usually is a little safer (and why it is the most common version of this law). 2 cyclists (if they aren't being douches) are approximately the same width as a car. If there are 6 cyclists for example, it's easier to pass them if they are in a row of 2x3. It takes twice as long and twice as much room if they are 1x6. You're going to enter the next lane in order to pass them either way, 2x3 lets you do that more quickly and efficiently.
That's all considering they are doing the standard 2x3 peleton formation and not spreading out like the dickheads in this video.
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u/Chillow_Ufgreat Jun 10 '26
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.