Charity

315-mile Strava art in support of London Air Ambulance

Among other things, London Air Ambulance provides pre-hospital medical care at the scene of road traffic collisions

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Countess of Wessex cycles 450 miles across Britain

Sophie Countess of Wessex cycled from Edinburgh to Buckingham Palace over six days to raise money for the Duke of Edinburgh's award

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MND sufferer given 6 weeks to live cycles 5000km on rehab bike

Diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2010, Calum Ferguson has made an incredible recovery and has already raised £110k for charity

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Video: Taking on Alpe d’Huez on a Santander Cycles hire bike

Team from Huez* clothing aim to get up fabled Tour de France climb and back to London inside 24 hours

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London cyclists ride to Amsterdam in memory of campaigner who died from horrific skin condition

David Eales was due to ride with the group before devastating illness struck

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Liverpool man robbed of hand-made charity bike by man armed with machete

Victim planned to use bike to raise funds for charity that helps his terminally ill step-son

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Cyclist smashes London-Paris record

Jonathan Parker completes trip in 12.5 hours

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Yorkshireman set to cycle to Iran to find his father after selling his body for charity

Adopted 56-year old from Hebdon Bridge sold his body to science & is set to ride 3,500 miles for charity while trying to find his biological dad

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Thief takes bikes from injured veterans’ cycling charity

$37,000 of kit stolen before big ride

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Man on Liverpool Citybike breaks Boris Bike ‘hour record’

Raised over a thousand pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support

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Raleigh Chopper versus Passo dello Stelvio

Matt Richardson raises over £2,500 for charity

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Aussie Olympic cyclist meets Brazilian she sponsors after 10 years

Philanthropic cyclist and medal-winning brother make trip to deprived area they've helped support

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Someone’s nicked Cycling UK’s fund-raising cow

Fibreglass cow was due to go up for auction in the next couple of months

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Donations in memory of RideLondon cyclist and cancer survivor Robin Chard top £45,000

Money will go to Cancer Research UK

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Chinese cyclist and his dog cycle through 23 countries to promote animal rights

Xiaoyu (and his Spanish Water dog Harry) have cycled over 25,000 km

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10-year-old girl sets up charity fixing bikes and donating them to other kids

Idea came when she saw abandoned bikes at a holiday park

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Cav & team introduced to kids they’ve helped with bikes

One girl wrote to Cav thanking him for helping raise awareness of the #bicycleschangelives programme that helped give her a bike to get to school

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Grandad cycling to break cross-Canada record + video

One year after suffering broken ribs on a 9,000km record attempt, the grandfather of nine is trying to beat his own record

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MS cyclist who can’t walk 500m to cycle 2,200 miles for charity

Justin Kendall is defying the odds to ride from Snowdonia to the Pyrenees

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Team Dimension Data among riders taking on Qhubeka 5000 challenge

Team taking part via stages 13 and 14 of Tour de France

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Charity cyclist who rode to Euros beaten up upon arrival by would-be bike thieves

Was saved by group of local women

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World first tandem circumnavigation attempt by the Tandem Men

Two men, supported by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, aim to set a Guinness World Record and "have a bloody good time doing it."

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Norfolk man rides in five countries in 24 hours for new record

Looking to ride through at least seven more this week

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Brit strips seven days off European east-west cycle record

James McLaren completed epic ride in just one month

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Solihull cyclist aims to cycle Britain’s 100 greatest climbs in 12 days for charity

Richard Burt is raising funds for Dementia UK

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Blind cyclist celebrates 80th birthday with a ride to Paris

With a 70 year old pilot, Tommy Mulholland makes it to Eiffel Tower in just three days

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Crowdfunding appeal to help disabled former BMXer Stephen Murray get back from the US

Murray was left paralysed after a 2007 fall

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Countess takes on 445 mile cycle challenge

The Countess of Wessex will ride from Holyrood to Buckingham Palace as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award's Diamond Challenge

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Operation Pacemaker breaks Guy Martin’s GB motor-paced speed record

New 114.19mph record was set on a converted 20 year old tandem

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Riders on Boris Bikes conquer Alpe d’Huez for charity

Team was put together by London-based cycling clothing brand Huez*

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