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Friday, 25 August 2017

BBC News

• The fix of 'fixies'As a cyclist riding without a front brake is found guilty over a pedestrian's death, a courier shares his experience of using such a bike.
• Cyclist Charlie Alliston guilty over pedestrian's deathAlliston was riding a fixed gear bike with no front brakes when he hit Kim Briggs as she crossed the road.

The Guardian

• After Kim Briggs’s death, cyclists must realise that they are traffic too | David ShariatmadariWhile riding a bike it’s too easy to forget the harm you can do to yourself and others. Perhaps Charlie Alliston’s conviction will shake us into vigilanceI love cycling. I am not a bike nut, and those who are would laugh at the secondhand lump of steel that costs more to service than I paid for it. But, like millions of others, I love the feeling of zipping through the city under my own steam. Bikes allow you to be in touch with your surroundings in a way cars don’t. By encasing you in layers of protective metal and cutting you off from noises and smells, cars engender a weird kind of...

Times Online

• Braking Good [Subscription]This newspaper has for many years trumpeted the economic, environmental and physiological benefits of cycling, particularly in towns and cities.

The York Press

• SCARBOROUGH BRIDGE REVISITED: How York's newest £4.8 million cycle and footbridge could look Council bosses will next week be asked to give their approval in principle for a new £4.8 million pedestrian and cycle bridge at Scarborough Bridge. STEPHEN LEWIS reports

Other News Sources

• Husband of woman killed by cyclist calls for law changeThe husband of a woman who was killed when she was knocked down by a cyclist says cycle courier companies should refuse to employ riders whose bikes are not legal on public roads. Matthew Briggs, whose wife Kim had been crossing the road in east London when she was hit by a man riding a…