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Originally Posted by spiderplant

It may come as a surprise, but they really aren't doing it to annoy you.

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/cy...-Positioning-0

Riding in the primary position is sometimes called taking the lane as the cyclist takes the position normally taken by the motorist, who is thus prevented from attempting to overtake.

There is nothing guaranteed more to get up a normal (let alone irritated/impatient) drivers nose than a cyclist in the middle of the lane trundling happily along and ignoring the stream of traffic crawling along behind them.