We are the Bonkers Bikers - a bunch of charitably minded railway employees and affiliates that take on multi day cycling rides whilst raising money for worthy causes. Over the last four years we have managed to raise over £120k for a range of charities, including Railway Children and Birmingham Children's hospital.

This year Heavy Haul Rail Ltd have agreed to be our principal sponsors, and are kindly providing two support vehicles and some branded Lycra. Everything else including travel, accommodation and food is self funded by the participants.

BB2025 saw us head from Leeds to Koln Cathedral in Germany. BB2026 builds upon this appreciation of Gothic architecture and has a 'Cathedral's Express' theme. Day one will see us start from the iconic Salisbury Catherdral before heading through the New Forest and down to Portsmouth to catch the overnight Ferry to Caen. Day two will be an early start for the 110 mile hilly ride through Normandy to LeMans where we will take a photo-op at Cathedral of Saint Julian of Le Mans. Our Final(ish) day will see us head to Tours in the Loire Valley with the finish line being Cathédrale Saint-Gatien. For the keen ones in the group an optional Day 4 will take a c50 mile circular ride to take in the amazing Loire Valley scenery and a couple of Chateaux.

Riders this year are me, Martin Ward (no relation), Paul Williams, Steve Fisher, Michael Stokes, Chris Reid, Andrew Krisson, Nick Westcott, Ange Steward, Sam Rayment-Taylor, Sam Alexander, Ben Lewis, Adrian Champion, Dave Meredith, Tony James, Chris Fowler. Tam Giez, Marion Rayment, and Steph Fisher will be our awesome support team.

This year our principal charity will once again be Birmingham Children's Hospital, an amazing charity that does so much to help and support seriously ill kids. Having seen first hand how they use their donations I can assure you that all money raised will be put to good use, help save lives, and make really difficult circumstances that little bit less scary. We are proud to have raised over £94k for BCH over the last three years and look forward to making this a six-figure sum with this ride.

Click the link, take a look at the team, and maybe one of them might persuade you to make a donation. Either way, it is still worth a peruse and flicking some of the pics from past adventures and training updates.

Thanking you in advance for clicking on the links, if only to see what we are up to and keep abreast of the pictures and updates that will be added to the team pages as we progress with our training and special events. Any kind donations are a welcome bonus for which we are truly thankful 🥰

Wish us luck!

Thank you ❣