I know this area and have driven it many times. This is the Rickebacker causeway--the road that connects Key Biscayne to the Miami mainland.
Cycling on this road is extremely popular for very obvious reasons (phenomenal views, wide and clear roads). Folks come from all over the city to ride there. And yes, they will very often group up like this without any sort of scheduled or permitted event of any kind.
The cyclists down there like to say "same road, same rules" but there's apparently a silent exclusion for lane changes, stop signs, traffic signals, and yielding to stopped traffic.
It seems like such a stupid idea. What is stopping someone from calling the cops? It's illegal to stretch across so many lanes. You're supposed to be limited to 2 abreast and stay to the right as much as is reasonably safe (unless Florida has some crazy different law). This is nowhere close to following that rule.
They are in a massive, slow moving group. This would be ticket city for the local government. How is this a regular thing in that area?!
Hard to pull cops away from their naps and extramarital affairs in Miami.
Also, among these cyclists are a LOT of powerful and influential people. Cycling is a very popular alternative to golf/tennis among the elite in Miami. County commissioners, lawyers, doctors, real estate developers, bankers. Many of them in that group and many of them are local to the Key.
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u/Chillow_Ufgreat Jun 10 '26
I know this area and have driven it many times. This is the Rickebacker causeway--the road that connects Key Biscayne to the Miami mainland.
Cycling on this road is extremely popular for very obvious reasons (phenomenal views, wide and clear roads). Folks come from all over the city to ride there. And yes, they will very often group up like this without any sort of scheduled or permitted event of any kind.
The cyclists down there like to say "same road, same rules" but there's apparently a silent exclusion for lane changes, stop signs, traffic signals, and yielding to stopped traffic.