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Aged 18, Coles was badly injured after being knocked off his bike by "a careless driver" β "that was the injury for which I got compensation and bought a saxophone β the beginning of my career in the music industry," he points out β and was so nervous of the road afterwards that he "would flinch if a lorry passed as I walked along the pavement".
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2012/jan/31/pop-vicar-richard-coles-cycling