I was on a group ride, a more beginner type group, so ettitquette was a bit... off, anyway a guy not in our group comes up and jumps in the middle of the group. As far as I know he just saw us and hopped in, then later on went on his own way. Well, the problem was, the entire time he was riding with us (in front of me and in the middle of a few riders) he was on his cell phone. Now, I'm sure his bike handling skills were very good, he seemed like an extremely competent cyclist, however I question the judgement of someone who would jump into a group of cyclists of unknown skills (and as some riders were obviously newer to cycling, using flat pedals, on hybrids, etc.) and talk on their cell phone.

Luckily there were no accidents, but I was fuming the entire time.

K.