Marathon 2011 -alert-alert-alert-

Not necessarily, it depends on what the order is for. On the London Marathon, I'd suspect that the order would include all vehicular traffic apart from organising vehicles. Spectators on foot are obviously allowed to walk along the footways, etc.

At any rate, however the order might be framed, in this particular case it is not lawful to cycle along these streets at these times.

Yes, people just need to accept that the idea is dead, and that the organisers would have taken this step in any case even had the thread not been posted in advance.

Be happy that you managed to do it once and move on. One thing I've observed is that for some events people want to do them again and again, or annually, etc. I think that's always going to happen, but come on, we've got plenty of ride ideas, old and new, and there's no better and more varied place for organising them than London. Let's just do them, and let's not worry too much about whether we'll do it again next year.

i think you also have the problem that people dont want the mass skyride style event, but instead something faster for 200 or so cyclists which just isnt feasible in london.

its the situation where there is too much interest for it to be deemed safe enough during the set up (as in previous years), and not enough people for it to be a ride in its own right.