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Pedal On Parliament saw campaigners on the s t re e t s of Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness – with an event in Glasgow due to take place today.

Backed by the families of cyclists who have died in road collisions – as well as Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy and former racing cyclist Graeme Obree – the annual event aims to boost investment and improve safety.

And families from all walks of life have thrown their weight behind its eight- point manifesto calling for a greater slice of public funding to be pumped into cycling.

Cyclist David Maltby, 28, from Hillside in Edinburgh, said the event – now in its sixth year – highlighted that “a lot of people cycle from a lot of different walks of life”.

Speaking from outside the Scottish Parliament at y e s t e r d a y ’s protest in Edinburgh, he told The Sunday Post: “I certainly feel that, within Edinburgh, politicians continuously talk about making it WE think that the only way you are going to have safe cycling in Scotland is if you have more investment in separate facilities.

Pedal On Parliament has been very successful. They have won the debate.

The only issue we have is that they seem to want everything tomorrow – but that’s not really feasible or affordable.

They always talk about cycling in Holland. In Holland, everybody cycles – young and old.

But it took 25 years to get to that point.

We’re heading for the same long-term goal, but I think Pedal On Parliament want to get there a bit too quickly.

There’s not the funding for that, and there are issues that affect both cyclists and drivers – the main one being the £1bn backlog in road maintenance.

We would rather money was spent on doing up potholes and improving roads – ironically, that would help cyclists too.

Cyclists hit the streets in a bid to protest about road safety.

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