Originally Posted by
livedarklions
50 riders isn't traffic, it's a parade. Anyone else would need a permit to take over that much of the road.
One of the group rides here in Fargo has been running over 50 riders for the past several weeks. We ride double pace lines and get out of town as quickly as possible. Most of our riding in town is on 25 MPH speed limit roads and we are mostly running 16-20 in town.
Once we are out on the open highways we are double lines on the shoulder when practicable, and in the lane when it is not. When we are in the lane we take up about half the lane. There have not been any incidents that I have been aware of.
We did have one "road rage" incident on a smaller faster ride of about 10 people where a guy in a heavy duty pickup towing an equipment trailer had to wait maybe 20 seconds before he could pass the group and screamed insults as he passed. Ironic if you ask me.