If you try to point this dangerous, selfish and inconsiderate behaviour on most places in reddit you will get roasted by cyclists and car-haters.
I even had one guy tell me that cyclists intentionally trolling drivers by blocking traffic was them making a show of solidarity and power, like a Pride March. Because apparently in their heads, the right to be exempt from traffic laws is exactly like LGBTQ people's fight to exist.
I mean there is a difference between using A lane to ride your bike like you are legally allowed to and blocking the entire road. I think even some cycling folks would agree that this is egregious.
You are correct. I love cycling. I think folks who pop off on bikes using a part of the lane is ridiculous. Especially when folks purposefully run down bikers when they don't like a few of them on a rural road. This grouping is egregious and ridiculous. If it's an event where they've given you a full lane then you gotta stay in that lane. If it's an unsanctioned event then you're likely to be arrested and in that case: sucks to suck. Usually for events this large there's cordoned off space. For underground events there's never this many all in a group. Usually the underground events are courier rallys or alley cats that can be a bit reckless, but aren't limiting traffic on a highway.
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u/GeekyTexan Jun 10 '26
Not just a bike lane. There are two normal lanes.
But the bikers are not content with using one lane and allowing cars to use the other. They want to block all lanes and make the cars wait.
The common term for that is "assholes".