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Public roads are not there for sporting events they are there to get from A to B.
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As soon as you introduce any competitive element, it brings out competitive behaviour in the cyclists. The occasional big event such as the London marathon or the tour de france with all the associated organisation and diversions but not as a normal event.
And sometimes it's not just bad behaviour that causes problems but just the type of event. Horses that will cope with day to day encounters with bikes will be freaked out by a very large group approaching in a pack.
Then you do get the ones that behave badly, I had an experience where a car had slowed right down and pulled out to pass me, the cyclists then sped though the gap between me and the car. lLuckily horse is very well behaved and not phased, but if he'd taken the tiniest step to the right to avoid something on the road he would have bumped the cyclist intothe car.
We've had lots of organised rides at the weekends, you can't avoid them as they go on all the roads that link the bridlepaths and for people working full time, in the winter the weekend is the only opportunity to hack.
They seem to have tailed off recently but there is no communication so I don't know if they will start up again and when.