100% with you. Every organized ride I have been on this year with the exception of the 200K route for the Wine Country had a noticeable increase in traffic from private SAGs. Just volunteer as an official SAG for goodness sake! I wish the organizers would get more assertive about asking them to leave.

By the time the same unmarked car has whizzed around you 5 times and you've had to ride out into traffic to get around them parked only half off the road, your scenic ride on "low traffic roads" is pretty much not so scenic and definitely loosing out on the fun factor.

Official SAGs are there for all necessary support (and the clubs can always use more) and we should all learn to be self-sufficient for foreseeable necessities.

And the cheering hubbies I've seen on the Cinderella . . . certainly isn't letting the wifey-poo be an independent cyclist.