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In a police interview, Alliston insisted he thought Mrs Briggs would stop after he shouted out to her.
In transcripts read in court, he said: "I have warned her to stop. I thought she would stop but she didn't. That's all I can say. That's all I can remember."
The defendant said he was on his way to buy food for him and his girlfriend and was wearing a pair of shorts and a top with "Anti Social" emblazoned on it.
He was not wearing a helmet or a high visibility jacket, he said.
Alliston said he was riding a "fixed gear track bike" which had "no free wheel".
Asked why he did not have front brakes fitted, he said: "I feel safe. I feel comfortable controlling my own speed."
He told Detective Constable Darren Case he had planned to use the bike on tracks but he never got around to it.
Mr Case said: "Surely somebody must have said, when you take it out on the road you need a brake?"
The defendant said he never came across anything like that.
On how fast he was going, Alliston said: "I was not racing, in a rush."