Charity

Rapha Foundation announces £575,000 to support four grassroots cycling initiatives

Huge cash boost for the Rayner Foundation, Herne Hill Velodrome Trust, Helen100 and the Cyclists’ Alliance

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Unlucky in the RideLondon ballot? Charities appeal for riders to sign up

Hundreds of good causes available to ride for if you got the dreaded Commiserations magazine

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LeBron James partners with Lyft to open bikeshare access to teens across US

Initiative from NBA star aims to provide disadvantaged youngsters with freedom and opportunities

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RideLondon cyclists raised £11.5m for charity in 2019 – but event may be under threat

Surrey County Council has launched a consultation into the future of the sportive

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British women looking to set tandem round-the-world record

Cat Dixon and Raz Marsden will need to complete their trip in fewer than 283 days

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Missing Peterborough man’s family donate money for search and rescue bikes

Cambridgeshire Search & Rescue has spent 1,200 hours looking for Mick Smith, last seen in June

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Porn Pedallers Ride The Ribbon around London for World AIDS Day

50 riders clad in red took on 25-mile loop through the capital to raise money for charity

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Video: New film follows penny farthing rider as he breaks 133-year-old Land’s End to John O’Groats record

Richard Thoday rode the end-to-end in 4 days 11 hours and 52 minutes - and raised over £10k for Children in Need

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Sustrans calls on next government to provide sustained, long-term active travel funding

Sustainable transport charity launches general election manifesto ahead of country going to the polls on 12 December

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Ex-Royal Marine battles on solo in 3 Peaks charity challenge

Owen Leist's former comrade Johnny Evans forced to abandon due to injury amid "savage conditions"

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Cyclists deliver match whistle to Rugby World Cup after riding from Twickenham to Japan

The two men barely knew each before setting off

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Young cyclist’s death leads dad and best mate on incredible journey

"We go to the dentist every six months, we go to the optician every two years - so why don't we get our hearts checked more regularly?”

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Top 10 cycling stories you might have missed this week

The pick of the bunch from another action-packed week on two wheels in our road.cc recap...

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81-year-old becomes oldest woman to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats

Mavis Paterson has raised over £60,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support

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Cycling App of the Week: Refill

A super handy app that allows users to find locations where they can refill water bottles for free, now with over 20,000 locations nationwide and growing...

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Rapha Foundation – Interview with Simon Mottram

$1.5m available for cycling charities and there's more on the way.

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“Hero” friend saves life of teen cyclist who lost control of bike and fell in sea

Youngster jumped in after pal who had sustained head injury and held his head above water till help arrived

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Ex-Premier League star completes fifth Ironman in a week

Southampton legend Francis Benali close to hitting £1 million fundraising target for Cancer Research

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Ex-Premier League star laid low after four Ironman triathlons in four days

Francis Benali still hopes to restart his charity challenge

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Ex-Premier League star doing seven Ironman triathlons in seven days almost hit by driver who ignored red light

"We could have been killed," said coach accompanying former Southampton player Francis Benali on charity challenge

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Storm Hannah leads to postponement of annual charity ride from Cardiff to Tenby

Organisers trying to reschedule

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Fund set up in memory of Kelly Catlin to support young US female track talent

It will also help fund new cycling facility in home state of track world champion who took her own life last month

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London to Paris record holder sets sights on Guy Martin’s Taklamakan Desert record

Jonathan Parker will need to cover 550 very tough kilometres in 28 hours or under

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Rob Wainwright and Mark Beaumont ride from Murrayfield to Twickenham for MND

500 miles in 48 hours carrying a rugby ball

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One step closer to a road tubeless standard? And why this matters to you

Tyre and rim standards to be updated this year to make tubeless systems safer and easier to use

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Transforming Cities report from Sustrans calls for massive boost to funding for cycling in bid to prevent thousands of serious illnesses in major UK cities

Charity warns that annual spend oer head in England excluding London is set to drop to 37p - compared to £16 in Scotland

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Yorkshire cyclist to retrace the late Lee Fancourt’s record breaking ride across Europe to raise awareness of mental health issues and suicide prevention

Ryan Anderton says cycling has helped him overcome his own battle with depression and suicidal thoughts

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Former national road race champion invites you to get On Yer Bike for Brain Tumour Research

Raise money as a team (and maybe compete against each other in the process)

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Initiative to provide hire bikes for disadvantaged communities in Glasgow hailed a success

Charity Bike for Good teams up with Nextbike for Bikes for All initiative

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Peter Sagan bust auctioned for £2,500 for World Bicycle Relief

Sculpture of three-time world champion auctioned at Rouleur Classic will help charity donate 50 Buffalo Bikes to people worldwide

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