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Council pays cyclist five-figure settlement over “harrowing” pothole crash

"It was an incredibly challenging period in my life," the rider commented on the incident which saw them thrown from their bike, suffering multiple fractures

Mawney Road cycle lane, Romford, Essex (Twitter: @RantyHighwayman)

Councillor encourages cyclists to be “brave” on a 1.2m wide “safe” cycle lane

A London Conservative councillor has described the road as “easy to cycle”, despite drivers crossing over the white line and several people pointing out the dangers with the cycle path

“We must avoid encouraging risk taking or deliberate incitement for others to offend”: Heavily criticised road safety campaign stands by message to cyclists “proactively” seeking bad driving

“It is essential to consider your driving and conduct”, says Safer Essex Roads as it doubles down on its controversial message to cyclists

Road safety campaign slammed for claiming some cyclists “proactively seek out examples of poor driving”, says it only accepts footage captured “in passing” from commutes

Strong backlash to SaferEssexRoads' words, with an FOI request showing just two cyclist reports of mobile phone use behind the wheel in Essex last year resulted in prosecution

Starling’s Green, Clavering (Google Maps)

Road rage driver assaults teenage cyclist after clipping him with wing mirror

The enraged motorist allegedly dragged the teenager from his bike and threw him to the ground, before tossing the bike into a ditch

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Cyclist who suffered brain injury after being struck by driver awarded £800,000

The motorist, who pulled into the cyclist’s path, had initially denied liability for the 2017 collision

Cyclist punctures after pins scattered along Essex road (Rory McCarron, Twitter)

“Hundreds of pins” strewn across Essex cycle lane in bank holiday sabotage

This latest incident on the Epping New Road comes just three months after two cyclists were allegedly assaulted by a tack-throwing motorist while riding in the same bike lane

Drawing pins scattered along RideLondon Essex route (via u megalokarpouzi, Reddit)

RideLondon: Cyclists claim they were assaulted by motorist with drawing pins on sportive route

The alleged incident occurred on the Epping New Road, just over a week before the event visits Essex for the first time in its nine-year history

Can next month’s RideLondon-Essex sportive help make the county’s roads safer for cyclists?

We also pay tribute to Richard Moore , plus share some of our cycling confessions ... who almost crashed into Bradley Wiggins on a Paris-Roubaix recce?

Video: Van passenger fires pistol at cyclists in Essex

Weapon is believed to be an airsoft gun – but police closed case due to lack of evidence