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Hundreds of people very politely demand safer cycling
With the bells of hundreds of bikes ringing in unison, Bristol’s Big Ride For Safer Cycling rolled through the city streets on Sunday afternoon.
As many as two thousand people were estimated to have been on the ride, which started on Brunswick Square in St Paul’s and finished on College Green in front of City Hall.
The ride called for the city council to show cycling some love in Bristol, in part following the debacle of the new junction on Cheltenham Road which removed a cycle lane.
is needed now More than ever
The ride – organised by Bristol Cycling Campaign – headed up Cheltenham Road before turning at the arches and then coming back through the Ashley Road junction and around the Bearpit.
Some children were able to cycle on some streets for the first time, with many roads in Bristol usually just too unsafe to be ridden on by inexperienced cyclists.
Bells were once again rang in unison when the ride came to an end on the City Hall ramps. But is anyone listening?
Cyclists young and old took part in Sunday’s ride
‘The bicycle has done more for the emancipation of women than anything else in the world’
Four-legged friends were also more than welcome on the ride
An estimated 2,000 people took part in the event calling for safer cycling
More bike lanes now (please)
The ride began in Brunswick Square in St Paul’s
All photos: Rob Browne; video: Martin Booth
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