I could not believe my eyes. I've seen and done some crazy things in my life but never this on a bike. The kids are likely roped together because their parents feel they lack some intrinsic basic cycling skills. They are small kids, of course they do.

How can the parents not envision the possibilities of what momentum + traffic + kids who can neither brake nor handle a bike + Cervello TT riders on the MUT for whom anyone slower than them becomes a travesty will become?

How did these two make it to adulthood and reproduce?

Take the kids out one by one and teach each one to ride. There's another sensible idea.