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@ian(conker)
^ yep the worst or the 'chopping up of the group' was at sloane square where we had to stop the traffic to let groups through. it still took about 30mins in total. I counted about 150 bikes going through in a minute, & about 30 cars - so who was holding up who?
There was a last minute (first i knew of it was as i rode through) route change just before smithfields which was a bit disconcerting, and unfortunately no one to point a left turn into st john street, so a hundred or more people went through heavy traffic. was a bit hairy with some young kids having to do a right turn across clerkenwell rd.
still enjoyed the day, but preferred earlier years. didn't feel too 'corporate' as some were predicting but so many people made it all a bit unwieldy