Here's what Deliveroo's UK boss had to say about loitering cyclists
Many of these groups work for two new food delivery startups: Deliveroo and Take Eat Easy.
Between them, the companies employ hundreds of cyclists and moped riders that are paid to pick up food from popular restaurants that don't usually deliver and take it to people's homes and offices.
In between deliveries, however, Deliveroo riders can be found perching on pavements and kerbs across London, while Take Eat Easy riders seem to be more confined to Shoreditch in the east of the city.
The riders aren't doing anything wrong. After all, people can stand where the like London, providing it's a public space. But that didn't stop some homeowners and business owners telling the BBC this month that the lycra-clad groups, typically made up of males in their twenties and thirties, are becoming a bit of a nuisance.
Stephen Foster, a bookseller from Chiswick, told the BBC that he calls the gathering close to his shop "the Deliveroost."
He explained: "It's a bit like when you get the crows roost at night. They all sit around together. You can quite easily see a dozen. It's off-putting, you know? We're a retail business and what you want is people to feel comfortable walking past your shop and going into it."
Business Insider spoke to Dan Warne, Deliveroo's managing director for the UK & Ireland, to get his thoughts on the matter.