Watching huge teams of cyclists stream up to Tynemouth Priory, they knew the thousands of pounds they had raised and the thousands of miles they’d cycled between them were all in memory of the son they lost just after his 18th birthday. The Great North Bike Ride , which took place on Sunday, is set to […]
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Cyclists braved a wet and windy and grey day to ride 60 miles down the Northumberland Coast to raise cash to fight cancer.
The Great North Bike Ride is raced in the memory of Chris Lucas, a teenager from Wallsend who died after contracting a rare form of cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma, which he bravely fought for three years. The Chris Lucas Trust was set up in his name, to raise money which funds research into rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer which grows in muscles. […]
Re-live the emotion of the Great North Bike Ride 2017 with these pictures on Chronicle Live
There was a carnival atmosphere in Tynemouth as hundreds of cyclists completed the Great North Bike Ride, raising thousands of pounds for charity. More than 1,200 people took part in the coastal 60-mile race from Seahouses, in Northumberland , to North Tyneside on Sunday. The ride ended near Tynemouth Priory, where the exhausted but exhilarated […]