A group for disabled cyclists completed a 24-hour hand-bike challenge to raise money for two charities, including the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Crocus Cancer Appeal.

Members of Cycling 4 All, part of the University of Bradford Students' Union, used static hand cycles to raise money for the university’s Raising and Giving (RAG) charities, which are supporting our £1 million campaign to tackle cancer and Bradford Disability Sport and Leisure (BDSL).

Students who are part of the Raspberry Pi Society had worked to develop technology to link the bikes to a monitor, with the aim of allowing cyclists to virtually cycle the Tour de France Grand Depart route in Yorkshire next summer.

Adam Tasker, disability support worker at the university, set up Cycling 4 All with student Neil Patel two years ago.

He said: “Cycling 4 All is the only disability cycling club in UK tertiary education and provides a much needed opportunity for disabled people to take part in sport.

"This event went really well and was open to people in Bradford of all abilities. It was a fun way to raise money for two very worthy charities.”

Cyclists began the challenge at noon on Wednesday in the Students’ Union and volunteers hand pedalled in shifts through until noon yesterday.

The Lord Mayor of Bradford Coun Khadim Hussain, whose chosen charity for the year is BDSL, was the first to cycle, while Deputy Lord Mayor Coun Joanne Dodds hopped on the hand cycle for the last leg.

Half of the money collected during the challenge will go to the T&A Bradford Crocus Cancer Appeal, which is aiming to buy a new mass spectrometer for the university’s Institute of Cancer Therapeutics.

The machine will allow its scientists to study the role of proteins in cancer ten times faster than ever before.

Money raised from the event is still being counted and anyone who would like to donate should go to justgiving.com/cycling4all or text CFOR48 and the amount you’d like to donate to 70070.