There is no legislation to dictate how many abreast you can ride, that's the point. The highway code says you should not ride more than two abreast, but that is advisory not mandatory. See here.
Appalling Club Run
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Glow worm
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- Location
- Near Newmarket
Shortandcrisp
Über Member
Ah, but we do have a two lane duel carriageway. One lane going one way, another going t’other, with a high tree lined bank running right down the middle between the two.
Shortandcrisp
Über Member
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
A short part of the A149 is five lanes one way, four the other. Still single carriageway. I suspect there may be other similar craziness on the A1270 (dual carriageway) and A140 (mostly single) in Norwich.
No motorways but parts of the A11 get treated like one, although several junctions are on the level. Its cycleways are an intermittent bad joke until near Norwich and its city council's influence takes over from Highways England's contempt.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I suspect I do if they were on road bikes. Sounds like the riding standards have went down. There used to be ride leaders and frequent lectures about more than two abreast when I last rode with them.Just had a debate about cycling more than two abreast, it would seem its more common than I thought ! Dunno what road clubs from round Edinburgh head down the East Coast through Aberlady, Gullane etc but your going the right way about annoying the hell out of all fellow road users.
As an aside although in inconsiderate and inadvisable apparently according to one police force down here riding more than two abreast isn't illegal
It is just outside Eccles, near Aylesford. No real option but riding in the middle of the lane.
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Globalti
Legendary Member
Late to this discussion but here's my ha'p'orth: I've ridden with a couple of local clubs and not really enjoyed it, for several reasons. It seemed to me that there was a woeful lack of leadership with nobody running the ride or instructing the inexperienced members. There was very little discipline and as the ride progressed it blew apart as people peeled off to go home or do their own thing. I also noticed that there was always at least one rider who was antagonistic towards drivers, which embarrassed me. So I'll stick with riding solo or with a buddy when I get back on the bike next spring.
rogerzilla
Legendary Member
One of the local clubs here is like the Keystone Cops on bikes. I remember getting stuck behind them one Sat morning on my bike, along with some very irate drivers. Three or four abreast and all over the width of the road.
Then they got to a crossroads, one rider had a clipless moment and they fell like dominoes
Then they got to a crossroads, one rider had a clipless moment and they fell like dominoes
That's one of the good things about clubs: peer pressure can keep you riding through the winter!
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
I look back62 yers aged 15 when I joined the local section of the C.T.C.this i now consider an apprenticeship in group riding ,yes some of us would blast off the front on a hill alway with the approval of the group leader on the proviso that we waited at the top.
What is so special about about Sportives.Club runs were in the summer rarely below 80 miles and often 100 plus and were all day rides to some venue .Tlme or disttance didn’t matter enjoyment did.The only challenge rides were the old reliability rides.
A few weeks ago I was passed by one of these pace lines,no warning if I had to move out I would have brought down the whole group.From what i here Sportives i by some as Road race. why not join B C get license and ride a road race
I have never ridden a sportive so perhaps I am doing some of the partisipents an injustice.
I haven’t ridden with a club for many years I did look at a local club,but decided against it as they appeared to ride the same rout visited the same cafe every Saturday,they are a club which a racing heritage but the Saturday rides are split into social group fastest riders
Like others on here I like to ride at my own pace and distance.when I say my own pace it is quite slow and just about fast enough to prevent me falling off.
As some one said in a previous post count the smiles not the miles.
What is so special about about Sportives.Club runs were in the summer rarely below 80 miles and often 100 plus and were all day rides to some venue .Tlme or disttance didn’t matter enjoyment did.The only challenge rides were the old reliability rides.
A few weeks ago I was passed by one of these pace lines,no warning if I had to move out I would have brought down the whole group.From what i here Sportives i by some as Road race. why not join B C get license and ride a road race
I have never ridden a sportive so perhaps I am doing some of the partisipents an injustice.
I haven’t ridden with a club for many years I did look at a local club,but decided against it as they appeared to ride the same rout visited the same cafe every Saturday,they are a club which a racing heritage but the Saturday rides are split into social group fastest riders
Like others on here I like to ride at my own pace and distance.when I say my own pace it is quite slow and just about fast enough to prevent me falling off.
As some one said in a previous post count the smiles not the miles.
