The first result searching for “cyclist death” on theguardian.com is an article detailing in perfect detachment “the driver of a car that hit a cyclist who later died”. Matthew Briggs is channelling his grief commendably into changing the law to introduce offences of “dangerous cycling” and “death by careless cycling”. Regulation 7 (1) provides that every bicycle must be equipped with at least one braking system. Charlie Alliston’s bike clearly didn’t satisfy that test since it had no braking system whatever. A “fixed” rear wheel does not constitute a braking system, as the Pedal Cycles (Construction and Use) Regulations make abundantly clear.

Source: The Guardian August 25, 2017 18:00 UTC