Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
I'm not assuming anything -- I'm going by what the OP stated, nothing more:
1. The overtaking group yelled "on the left."
2. "a few ask me to move to the right please as they passed me."
3. "groups of cyclists coming at me taking 3/4 of the lane, had to move to single file..."
4. "... they were not really happy about it. Dirty looks was usually what I got as they flew by."
Only 4 things does not amount to "everything", and I gave you one such possibility which the OP did not state either way.
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