I went along to the first of these rides today*
We met at the council house at 2:45. The Iranian protesters had just left, making me think that there might be a rota for these things somewhere…
It was a very good ride. There were about 20 of us, plus a couple of rack-mounted sound systems. I haven’t been on a lot of CMs, possibly just one (the one in London when there was talk of the police stopping it, which had quite the opposite effect, causing people like me to travel 140 miles to join in!), but there was the same, good-natured feel.
We may have delayed some drivers a little (although not much more than other, motorised traffic would have done and much, much less than if we’d all been in cars), but for the 45 minutes that I stayed with the ride there was no evidence of frustration, not a beep, rev or close pass.
I’m hoping to make it again next time: 14:45 at the council house on the last Saturday of each month.
(*There’s a suggestion on FB that the last one was in 2016, but I don’t remember any CMs in Derby previously)