The 1975 bassist Ross MacDonald is taking the charity bike ride to the next level.
MacDonald has announced he'll be doing a 1000-mile bike ride from one end of England to the other in April to raise money for Nordoff & Robbins, the charity that offers music therapy for people with psychological, physical and developmental disabilities.
MacDonald tells NME, “Training wise, I’m probably a little bit behind where I want to be, but that’s life. My stamina is not necessarily the problem at this point, it’s getting a bike to fit so that I’m not in pain after a couple of hours.
“I’ve got my bike on this virtual trainer in the living room, so I just stick the TV on and pedal. The longest I’ve done so far is 50k in for a couple of hours, and now I’ve got to do three times that every day for two weeks. We’re a way off yet, but we’ve got a couple of months.”
If you'd like to donate to MacDonald and his team doing the ride, head to the Nordoff & Robbins website.