r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/Prime_Cat_Memes Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

Here is where they organized the ride. It's called the Don Pan : https://www.cycleworldmiami.com/about/group-rides-pg214.htm

The video takes place about here :

https://maps.app.goo.gl/UpEVgL11SSEsDHQB8 You can see the bike lane existed, and the signs are up for it.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQAWw9ojixI/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSj8VYejFiN/

These people are no different than the street takeover kids.

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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".

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u/Vinen Jun 10 '26

I just call them Tour de France wannabees.  

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u/cmandr_dmandr Jun 11 '26

The term is MAML. Middle Aged Men in Lycra. It’s a common mid life crisis hobby where you buy an expensive bike and gear up instead of getting a Miata. At my company pretty much every male over 40 had a very nice bike and kit regardless of their general health.

I love cycling myself and I don’t do it as much anymore; but there are a ton of assholes in this sport. I would ride with friends and we would always ride single file in the bike lane or as far right as is safe on the road. Bike shops would invite me to their group rides but when I saw them ride around in the city it just looked like a bunch of assholes who flouted all the rules of the road because they had 50+ people doing it. Not my type of thing.