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The chain gang: how much of an inconvenience to drivers?

Nick Gough, Highways development manager – SW Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire County Council, Hertford SG13
21 August 2015
 

Phil Sulley was claiming to have coined the expression ‘chain’ for a line of cyclists (Letters LTT 24 Jul). I am afraid that he was beaten to it. Wikipedia reports that “a chain gang is a group of cyclists in a close knit formation usually of two parallel lines”. 

Phil also says that coming up behind one of these can “delay other traffic significantly”. I wonder how much that delay really is as a proportion of the whole journey time.

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