After the first lap shouting at the top of my lungs most of the the peds then learn to stay out of the way. That said the street performers can be a bit of a toughie- no strava as I've lost three phones now to that cocky xl unicycle rider who keeps putting umbrellas through my spokes.
Tell me about it, all those evenings bombing it up and down the Strand and doing laps of Covent Garden...