I dont mind if people want to have fixed only rides. Nothing wrong with it.
I was only disappointed to have missed this one because I'd organised time off around it, and then the fixed only stipulation went up relatively late in the day. I think it was a bit unfair to move the goalposts after thirty or so people had signed up for it without a restriction. (Without wanting to sound like a broken record) I think that any issues arising from Herne Bay ride would easily have been ironed out with a simple call out for safe riding in a group, and a constant pace, at the start of this one.
this wasn't a fixed-only ride.