[HairOfTheDog]

I've encountered this, and the bicyclists are unsympathetic to motorists who are stuck driving at 5mph. They need to share the road as well, not just hog it.

One bicylist on a road is one thing.... some are better than others, but this was an organized special event, where the bicycles should have been granted more leeway and patience by any driver. Good grief people, slow down, go around and relax. There is no right to never have another citizen slow you down on the highway.

[Littlejon]

Agree on the sponsored event thing. Sounds like the sponsors failed to provide adequate traffic control, but I am not familiar with the event and don't pretend to know how one would organize it.

That said, I encounter bikers every day on my commute home on the back roads. Most of the time there are at least a dozen of them, riding 3-4 abreast, essentially blocking the entire lane. I have also had several riders in single-file who ride in the middle of the lane, again, blocking the road for cars. They refuse to move and flip you off if you honk for them to slide over and let you by. Some are very courteous and will move over as much as possible to let you by. Others, however, are jerks and think they own the road.

While I think this woman was wrong, based on the (limited) information provided, I can see where one might get a little hot under the collar riding behind a bunch of bikers.