Tomorrow (9th November), five Film Production students from the University for the Creative Arts will embark on an epic 400-mile cycle ride from their Farnham campus in Surrey to Dumfries in Scotland.

Alasdair Gordon, Charlotte Hemsley, Dominic Durham, Joe Gilbert and Sebastian Eyre are the hardy souls embarking on the challenge to raise money for their graduation film, Away Fae Hame, which will be shot on location in south-west Scotland. More...

Getting around London by bicycle has never been so accessible. With the city’s public cycle hire scheme, cycle superhighways around the capital and improvements to cycle paths in preparation for the 2012 Olympics, there has never been a better time to get on your bike. Cycling is a great way to get fit and experience another side of London as well as saving money on transport. Whether you are a visitor to the city or a life long resident, discover London from another perspective with the best of our cycling books and guides. More...

Stanfords is sponsoring a cyclist and music enthusiast on a solo bicycle expedition covering over 6,000 miles. On his way from the southern tip of South America to the Caribbean Sea, Peter Hubbard will be making audio recordings of the vibrant musical culture the continent is renowned for and will travel through mountains, deserts and rainforest.

The expedition, Rhythm Cycle, starts in November and will be a low budget trip. Peter, aged 27, will carry all he needs on his bicycle; he will sleep in a small tent and cook on a stove and he says there will be no support team, high-tech communications equipment or GPS. His journey begins in Buenos Aires, the home of Tango. Next stop, Ushuaia, the most southerly city on earth. Heading north, he will tackle the notoriously gruelling Careterra Austral in Chile – the remote gravel road through rugged glaciated mountains constructed at the request of Pinochet in the 1970s. More...