Consistent Training: The Key to Summer Cycling Success – Part 2
Part two of Felix's Consistency Tips when training for a multi-day cycling trip. Read Part 1 here! Don't Take it on Alone This also features in my winter cycling tips but linking up with someone else to improve your commitment to training is a huge help. I don’t like strength training but a neighbou ...
10 Years of Bike the UK for MS: A Journey of Impact, Community, and Resilience
The experience of our Executive Director, James Whateley. As I reflect on the last 10 years of Bike the UK for MS, I’m filled with immense pride and gratitude. What started as a small idea—a dream born on the roads of America—has grown into something I never could have imagined.We’ve pedaled tho ...
Consistent Training: The Key to Summer Cycling Success part 1
Here is the latest installment of Felix’s training tips series – this time covering the importance of training little and often to help get you ready for summer cycling adventures like a Bike the UK for MS trip. Whether you are used to riding and are looking to up the mileage in preparation for some ...
Charlotte and Olivia’s Bike Rides
Placement Students Charlotte and Olivia took to the saddle - not once, but Twice! Felix set them on a challenge to document their own autumnal bike ride as non-cyclists, sharing their experiences from a new rider’s point of view before meeting for a Bike the UK for MS team ride with alumni Joanna. ...
Felix‘s Top Tips for Winter Cycling – Part 2
Here is part 2 of Felix's Guide to Winter Cycling! Including the final 4 tips to complete the list. check out part 1 first if you haven't seen it yet! Tip 4 - Mudguards As you will be able to tell by looking at any of my bikes, I am often guilty of not following my own advice in this regar ...
Packing Your Cycling Gear – Part 1
Packing for a supported bike tour like our 2025 trips requires some planning – not least for what riding kit to bring. Here are some of my best tips for packing your cycling gear ahead of taking on a trip like Land’s End to John O’ Groats or Lon Las Cymru. For our tips on packing your off-the-bike s ...
Felix‘s Top Tips for Winter Cycling – Part 1
Getting out on the bike during the winter months can be more challenging because of any one of what I sometimes call the “four factors” (where Factor Four conditions are when all are present and even I think riding outside would be madness…!): rain, wind, cold and darkness. Whilst it can f ...
Charlotte’s Guide to Packing as a Route Leader
As the elected most organised packer of the Bike the UK for MS team, I am going to talk through my must haves for our trips as a route leader. It can certainly be difficult packing for your first trip, but after having a few goes this Summer I have found the best way that works for me, and may help ...
Bike the UK for MS Heads Off-Road
Gravel riding has become increasingly popular across the cycling world and I must admit that personally, I hadn’t quite got what all the fuss was about. Things changed after testing out both the Coast to Coast route as well as our new King Alfred’s Way ride. Two very different rides - but enough to ...
2024 Route Leader Recap: Our best Stories of the year
2024 has provided some great stories and everlasting memories for both riders and route leaders. Read our standout story from each trip this year.
New Placement Students join the team!
Meet Charlotte and Olivia, the two new placement students working with Bike the UK for MS in 2024. As we come from different Universities and other ends of the country, we thought we would get to know each other and understand why we both took on this placement opportunity. After speaking to each o ...
#MOVE4MS: three times around the Earth
We moved three times around the Earth in January for those living with MS Bike the UK for MS’s January #move4ms challenge was to move 1 kilometre for each of the 130,000 people living with multiple sclerosis in the UK. After 31 days the final count was 125,323km, just a little shor ...
Cycling training for your first multi-day bike ride
Training to ride across the a country can seem like a daunting prospect. With the right preparation and cycling training, the excitement and sense of achievement that long cycling trips can provide are yours for the taking. Whilst cycling is as simple as putting one pedal stroke after the next, to ...
Meeting up with MS Society local support groups
UK Programme Manager, Felix Young, shares a report from his visits to two of the MS Society support groups that our riders' fundraising goes towards. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to meet two of the MS Society support groups close to where I live last week at their monthly social event ...
Route Leading: “It’s almost better than doing it yourself”
All you need to know about volunteering as a Route Leader with Bike the UK for MS
Cycling in Cornwall & Devon – the “Big Bosses” of LEJOG
Bowser in Mario, the Elite Four in Pokemon and all other video game big bosses elicit the same thrill, excitement, frustration and dread in gamers. They push your skill, persistence, ingenuity and willpower to levels that the rest of the game does not reach and reward you with the standout moments ...
Cycling in the Highlands: Experience Scotland’s Natural Wonders on Two Wheels
It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven ...
2024 Charity Bike Rides for MS: Join the Journey
A Year of Adventure and Impact Gear up for an incredible year of adventure as we announce our highly anticipated schedule of 2024 charity bike rides for MS! Our four extraordinary events will bring together cycling enthusiasts and passionate individuals. All united in our mission to raise funds ...
Celebrating Your Impact: £50,000 raised to promote MS awareness and help MS Support Groups
Discover how our riders raised £50,000 in 2023 for MS awareness and support, empowering MS Support Groups across the UK.
#Move4MS
In January, join us for #Move4MS as we aim to walk, run, swim and cycle 130,000km – one for each of the people living with MS in the UK.
MS Stories: East Cumbria MS Society Group
Over the years, Bike the UK for MS has visited many different MS Society groups, having supported and been supported by them across many of our trips throughout the whole history of the charity. One such group is the East Cumbria MS Society Group. This is a group we have met a number of times acros ...
10 Years of Bike the UK for MS – Throwback to 2014
June 2024 will mark 10 years since the first Bike the UK for MS trip as 12 riders took on John O’ Groats to Land’s End. We wanted to take this chance to cast back to memories of the trips that have brought the charity to where it is today and to celebrate the achievements and challenges overcome by ...
University RAG Partnerships with Bike the UK for MS
Over the years, Bike the UK for MS has worked with many University RAG groups, having students from a number of different universities riding with us. Looking ahead to the 2024 Trips, we are excited to continue this fantastic partnership, working with RAG groups from Manchester, Nottingham, and Lou ...
Local Cyclocross Race donates to Bike the UK for MS
Bike the UK for MS was the official charity partner of Round 1 of the Western Cyclocross League on Sunday 24th September in Frome with organizer Avid Sport donating £1 per rider entry to Bike the UK for MS. With 172 riders taking the start line across the day’s races, that means another £172 don ...
Cycling Lôn Las Cymru: A Spectacular 4-Day Adventure through Wales
Bike the UK for MS ventured into the heart of Wales with the inaugural Lôn Las Cymru ride in May. This challenging yet rewarding route covers approximately 250 miles (400 km) from the picturesque town of Holyhead to the vibrant cities of Cardiff. The ride not only offered scenic landscapes, but als ...
How Dan Derbyshire’s Father Inspired Him to Cycle for MS
A Personal Connection to MS and Passion for Cycling Meet Dan Derbyshire, an inspiring individual who has embarked on an incredible journey to cycle for MS with Bike the UK for MS. Dan's father has been living with relapsing and remitting MS for 16 years. Seeing the impact it had on his father's li ...
Meet Felix Young, the New Bike the UK for MS Programme Manager
We are thrilled to introduce you to Felix Young, the new Programme Manager for Bike the UK for MS. Felix is an avid cyclist with an extensive background in coaching and event organisation. He has been a part of the Bike the UK for MS community since its inception in 2014 and has experienced it from ...
A-Z Fundraising Ideas for MS: 26 Creative Ways to Raise Money for Charity
Discover 26 creative fundraising ideas to fight Multiple Sclerosis with our A-Z list. Make a difference today!
Zwift Training for MS Rides
Starting January 31st, our weekly virtual Zwift training rides are back for everyone! Whether on Zwift, keen for a social chat on Zoom or need some added motivation for a home workout, we've got you covered. Join Bike the UK for MS founder, James, on Tuesday evenings at 7pm on Zoom to chat all t ...
Riding with MS – Shine A Light
With the new year upon us, we decided what better way to celebrate our amazing Bike the UK for MS alumni than to dedicate our "Shine the Light" monthly section onto those that inspire us most! To start this off, we couldn't think of anymore better than Teresa Attwood and Linda Bussey. In this b ...
How Bike the UK for MS supports the MS community
Our trips truly would not be the same without meeting the amazing members of the MS Society groups up and down the UK. Meeting with these individuals is such a highlight of every trip, and this a great way for our riders to not only learn more about multiple sclerosis (MS) but also to remind them to keep pedaling as their hard work is helping so many amazing people! As our 2022 summer season has come to an end, we wanted to reflect upon the main reason we run our trips – To support those living with MS. With an estimated 130,000 living with multiple sclerosis in the UK, it is imperative to us to support research to find a cure for the disease.
2022 Year in Review
With the depths of winter creeping ever nearer, it feels like a good time to cast our minds back to the past summer season and reflect on what has been another extraordinary year for Bike the UK for MS.