Charity

“Please, let me get off this bike!”: Greg James completes 1,000km tandem cycle epic and raises over £4m for Comic Relief

BBC Radio 1 DJ completes eight-day cycle from Weymouth to Edinburgh, crossing the finish line at Murrayfield Stadium after 1,000km through England, Wales and Scotland

“Back to the roots”: YT Industries founder completes repurchase of troubled bike brand, promising to fulfil all delayed orders and build back trust

"Uncompromising bikes, fair prices, and genuine passion for the sport", insists Markus Flossmann, who says his "leaner, more efficient" team is focusing on what made the brand a household name in the first place

Cycling charity Sustrans misled public with “save the dormouse” campaign, fundraising regulator rules

Regulator finds Sustrans' campaign "positioned itself as solely focused on wildlife protection activities" and "was not clear" about charity's active travel aims

Protester blocks London to Brighton charity bike ride… after missing Father’s Day plans because of “chaotic” road closures

Police called after disgruntled local blames charity ride for him missing Father's Day celebrations, prompting impromptu pelican crossing protest — but event organisers point out "as much notice as possible" given to residents and businesses

“They’re going to cut my legs off, I’d like one last ride with them”: Former British para-cycling champion’s final ride for charity before voluntary double leg amputation

Tom Staniford, who has a very rare genetic condition, gave his legs a “good send-off” with a flat, friendly ride in Exeter – raising over £11,600 for charity in the process

Keegan Swenson’s Santa Cruz Blur and Matt Beers’ Specialized S-Works Epic 8 up for auction

Your last chance to own the very bikes Matt Beers and Keegan Swenson raced at the 2025 Cape Epic.

Test News 1 –Annamalai, other Tamil Nadu BJP leaders arrested ahead of protest over Rs 1,000-crore TASMAC ‘corruption’

Arrested BJP leaders include former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. Party workers heading towards TASMAC headquarters detained en masse.

“Will Children in Need be paying for his new knees?” Paddy McGuinness completes epic five-day, 300-mile Raleigh Chopper charity cycle, raising over £7.5m – with a little help from Sir Chris Hoy (and a Gladiator)

“On Monday I’m going to walk down to the shop and it’ll be weird without people beeping their horns and waving, and me waving back,” McGuinness said after arriving in Glasgow on Friday morning

James May forced to complete charity cycle in car after “busting wrist” in bike crash – and drives into bollard

“At my age, this sort of thing takes much longer to heal,” the former Top Gear presenter said after falling off his bike near Hammersmith Bridge

“‘No likey, no bikey’ just isn’t an option”: Paddy McGuinness to ride Raleigh Chopper on 300-mile charity cycling challenge

Raising money for Children in Need's 2024 appeal, the BBC Radio 2 presenter will ride the iconic Chopper from Wrexham to Glasgow over five days

Almost 2 million people on low income or not in employment want to cycle, but are “effectively excluded” due to high costs and lack of discounts like Cycle to Work, finds Sustrans research

“To include those at all economic levels in this is a priority, or we risk leaving two million people to the dangers of transport poverty,” said the Sustrans CEO, calling for a new voucher scheme to end “cycling inequality”

Canyon and NBA superstar LeBron James join forces to inpire more people to ride

Canyon will be shipping bikes to the LeBron James Family Foundation’s 'I PROMISE' Program.

82-year-old London cyclist battles hailstorms to conquer Mont Ventoux ride raising cash for children in Gaza

Despite severely inclement weather with fog so thick they nearly missed the famous Tom Simpson memorial, Anne Jones and her support team reached the summit of Ventoux on Friday after five hours of riding, raising £15,000 and counting

“Every single pedal hurts”: Mollie King raises over £1.1 million for Comic Relief with epic 500km London to Hull cycle – despite never riding on the road before

The BBC Radio 1 DJ and former Saturdays star says she was “completely overwhelmed” after crossing the finish line in Hull on Friday afternoon after five “tough” days in the saddle

“It’s a Christmas miracle!”: Charity’s £5,000 stolen bicycle returned days on from break-in

UPDATE: The bike thief who stole Christmas... has now returned it...

Cancer-surviving young cyclist takes on Children in Need charity ride – and gets branded a “selfish a***hole” by motorists for riding three abreast

19-year-old Angelos and riding partner Jermaine Jenas were featured on the BBC’s Morning Live during their charity cycle – but one viewer asked, “Do these egos know no bounds?”

“This is exactly why we set up the Trust” – Geraint Thomas’s charity aims to get thousands of kids on bikes

Charity set up by 2018 yellow jersey winner helps children from disadvantaged backgrounds get involved in cycling

Cycling charity urges food delivery companies to check couriers are using legal e-bikes after cyclist left “terrified” by cycle lane collision

A cyclist injured in a collision with a rider travelling the wrong way along a two-lane cycle path said he regularly sees couriers "come down the cycle lane at full chap", the police admitting that some are "absolutely" not using legal bikes

Grandmother, 85, completes 1,000-mile bike ride to remember her late children

Mavis Paterson raises nearly £60,000 for charity on her journey around Scotland

Grandmother, 84, sets off on 1,000-mile ride to remember her late children

Mavis Paterson, who is raising money for Macmillan, is already the oldest woman to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats

Cyclist set for epic London to Ukraine ride to raise money to clear landmines

“I want to raise awareness of the challenges faced by Ukraine not just now, but years into the future,” says communications CEO Tom Hashemi

Getting unused bikes out of sheds and garages and back on road works, says Cycling UK

Charity says one in three people responding to its Big Bike Revival initiative use bike for one in two journeys they previously did by car

Penny Mordaunt criticises “outrageous” £7,000 bike customs charge charity cyclists hit with in Spain

The newly-appointed Leader of the House of Commons said she would try to get compensation for the out-of-pocket cycling club

Cycling club arrives in Spain for charity ride… hit with £7,000 bike customs charge

Welsh group Tap It Out paid the fee but now faces having to "fold the club" and feels like the group has been "held for ransom"

Endurance cyclist to take on solo and unsupported ‘Alt Tour of Britain’

Inspired by Lachlan Morton’s solo lap of France last year, Ceri Middleton will ride 2,400km from Aberdeen to the Isle of Wight to raise money for mental health charity Mind

Seven-year-old boy cycles London to Paris raising £35,000 in memory of his dad

"Cycling makes me feel good": Rupert Brooke completed the 200-mile challenge in aid of the Children's Bereavement Centre to support other children who have lost parents

Rugby union star completes 350-mile charity cycle following MND diagnosis

Gloucester player Ed Slater retired from the sport last month at the age of 33, after announcing that he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease

Naked tandem couple hit by driver in Scotland make it to Land’s End

Another couple is making the reverse Land’s End to John O’Groats trip to raise money for mental health and rewilding charities

Driver that “deliberately” struck naked charity cyclists arrested

A 32-year-old man has been charged with an alleged road traffic offence

Naked tandem cyclists “deliberately” struck by motorist

The cyclists, who are riding from John O’Groats to Land’s End to “spread the rewilding message”, were also stopped by police shortly after the incident in Perthshire