I hate RAGBRAI

Has there ever been a more overrated event than this? I thought I got a break when Chuck Offenburger was canned from the Register and I didn't have to see his "Iowa Boy" columns talking about some such thing about RAGBRAI in JANUARY. I hate RAGBRAI largely because of the hype in the media and for the obnoxious participants. Individually they are all fine people but collectively they are the most arrogant and obnoxious group assembled (save for the University Kommissars in Iowa City) In fact bicyclists in general are irritating, have you ever tried to maneuver around a bicyclist on the road. They never get over towards the side of the pavement- they have to swing out into the middle of the lane making passing more difficult and hazardous, that's right everyone has to stay behind a bike going 15 mph to prove your superiority we are all here to bow to your will. I am sure if you participate you think they are the coolest thing and it's the highlight of your social calendar, but everyone else thinks that it is not. It's the athletic equivalent of a Star Trek convention.