If you're coming to my mother's funeral wear cycling gear

THE family of a woman killed after she was knocked off her bike hopes friends and family will come to her funeral in cycling gear to honour her love of life on two wheels.

Audrey Fyfe died on Thursday evening after she suffered severe head injuries in a collision with a car in Portobello Road on Tuesday.

The 75-year-old, who rode 100 miles a week with a local club, was cycling back to her bungalow in Joppa from visiting her daughter Linda and her grandchildren at their home in Restalrig when the incident took place.

But relatives are keen that the incident does not take away from Mrs Fyfe's love of cycling and are encouraging mourners to arrive at her funeral by bike.

Daughter Aileen Brown, 46, said: "When we have details of the funeral we will send out a request to people to please come dressed as cyclists rather than have a very formal occasion. Cycling was so important to mum - her and dad just recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary after meeting in the Cycling Club and when we were growing up we always went on cycling holidays."

Audrey's husband Ian, 79, and daughters Aileen and Linda, stayed with her at the Western General throughout Tuesday night as doctors attempted to stop bleeding in her brain, but her injuries were too severe.

She died at around 9pm on Thursday after doctors had turned off a life support machine. As she was healthy, it is hoped that her organs can be used to improve the lives of three others.

Mrs Brown said the family would also be supportive of a "critical mass" cycle ride through Edinburgh organised by the Capital's cycling community. Cyclists are keen that accidents do not deter those looking to take up commuting by bike and hope to promote better driver education.

Mrs Brown added: "Cycling is a way of life for our whole family. Mum and dad never ran a car and mum was an excellent cyclist.

"We've all seen accidents, but it hasn't stopped us. We need to increase awareness among motorists, and rather than hand out fines and points to drivers, we'd like to see them be made to cycle 1000 miles to see what it's like."

Police today said officers were continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the collision and appealed for information.

A spokesman said: "Tragically, this incident has resulted in a woman's death and our thoughts are with her family at this time. We continue to urge anyone who witnessed the collision or who has any other information that can help with our investigation to contact police immediately."