Joshua Retallick

Emma MacKenzie

John Oakley

I’m a teacher and music fan, and member of tribute band Hi On Maiden, i usually cannot take part in the Real HM Truants ride to Don... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315734/%20read%20more

Geoff Hill

I've been following the Heavy Metal Truants for around 5 years now, and never thought I'd get the chance to be a part of the incred... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/316574/%20read%20more

David Green

I’ve   been at the finishing line three times to see friends complete the ride and see what a fantastic group the truants are.... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315801/%20read%20more

Morgan Evans

Gerry Bradley

Having already done 3 rides and 700km with the Truants I have answered the call to join the Heavy Metal Truants. With the major cha... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319535/%20read%20more

Shelley Lindley

Jack King

Mat Fuller

CV19 put paid to the original ride but HMT came back with the offer of ‘going again’, either 175, 333 or 666 miles for the kids. We... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315687/%20read%20more

Charles Bradbrook

Emil Berrios

Jamie Macadam

Viv Wholey

A HMT event virgin, but as I've been doing my usual job through Covid-19 lock-down, albeit in a different way, I thought it would g... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/318165/%20read%20more

JJ Hughes

Riding my bike in support of some excellent charities with the Heavy Metal Truants.... what’s not to like!!?? 

I’ve been... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/316302/%20read%20more

Edd Pooley

Kylie Olsson

Kevin Barker

Pete Wright

Tom Smallwood

Jason Peers

Keith Barton

Hello, I'm cycling to raise vital funds for the above charities. I'm over 270 miles in and have a long way to go... Obviously donat... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/317551/%20read%20more

Sharon Day

“This will be my second HMT ride" this time will be a bit different than last year it will be virtual this time for 4 great causes.... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315725/%20read%20more

Callum Leppard

Michael Brown

Ever since Heavy Metal Truants started I have always been tempted to do it, but the normal minimum donations and the fact it interf... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319313/%20read%20more

Stuart Hall

Thank you for visiting my profile. For anyone who knows me will know that me doing a Virtual charity bike ride of 175 miles WILL pr... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/316298/%20read%20more

Ian Ody

James Wright

Jim Evans

I'm trying to raise money for these charities as I've worked with children for a while - and some of the stories behind the bright,... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315885/%20read%20more

Ed Lilo

My name is Ed and I am DEVASTATED not to attend Download this year after my debut at the festival in 2019. 

I'm spectacu... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/318323/%20read%20more

Will Beardmore

Miraculously lockdown has validated my previous lacklustre exercise approach excuses of having no time, leading me to use the new f... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/317689/%20read%20more

Aaron Aedy

"No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith" - I'm cycling the equivalent distance of Download and back! .. Double the distance, twice the pain!

Philip Bradshaw

Colin Oliver

Bernard Smith

So i’ve been a heavy metal truant since the inaugural ride back in 2013, but since ride 3 life has got in the way. This year, with... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/317071/%20read%20more

Helen Kilbride

So I haven't done any fundraising for a while and this is needed now more than ever.  This year would have been our 9th Downlo... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/318164/%20read%20more

Will Moore

Between June 1st and 12th (the weekend that would have been Download Festival), my two sons Ben (12), Harry (15) and I donned our m... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319312/%20read%20more

Malcolm Bluemel

So far I have done four of 'The Truants' rides, Egypt, Cambodia, Mexico and Vietnam and had planned to go to Donington  with t... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319575/%20read%20more

Luke Fuller

I’ve been running a lot more since lock down, I was also due to go to various festivals this Summer but due to Covid that won’t be... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/318160/%20read%20more

John Biscomb

I am part of the HMT Veterans however it's been four iterations since I last rode with them. Once upon a time I was fit and healthy... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/316378/%20read%20more

Full Metal Hackett

I love metal, and I’ve got a bike! No brainer really..

been meaning to give this a shot for a few years now- but for one reas... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315899/%20read%20more

Tim Clark

I have been wanting to take part in heavy metal Truants from the beginning but due to other commitments I have not been able to. Th... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315893/%20read%20more

Richard Moissl

This is my first time participating in the HMT charity ride. Proud to get a chance at helping to improve the lives of some children... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/316477/%20read%20more

Jon Stone

Suzanne Shannon

Jack Thomas

Scott Rowley

I've done the Truants twice already and can't think of an excuse to get out of it this time year. This year, because I don't have t... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315934/%20read%20more

Nick Azinas

I'm happy to be joining the Heavy Metal Truants for the 4th time, to help raise money for the amazing charities that they have been... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/318163/%20read%20more

Dave Sorrell

Scott Bartlett

I am lucky, and proud, to know a lot of the Truants and they are all incredible people. They do so much every year (''they work tir... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/318279/%20read%20more

Ben Brown

David Parker

All good charities and about time i used some of my sporting efforts for a good cause. Im going to aim for the 333 miles in 12 days... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/317002/%20read%20more

Adam Tyrer

Damian Jameson

I am lucky enough to not have much of a story, unlike those that these charities are supporting.

Why this? 3 things I suppose... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/316959/%20read%20more

Frank Smith

UPDATE
Total miles as on morning of 11 June stands at 336 so that the HMT8 Double completed.  Thank you to... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319993/%20read%20more

Jen Walker

The time has come... I’m finally going to ride the 175 miles – the distance from London to Download Festival – on a bike! Every yea... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/318315/%20read%20more

David Hall

I always wanted to do the Heavy Metal Truants ride and had earmarked this year as the year to do it..... But like almost everything... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315897/%20read%20more

Chris Maric

3 Time Veteran. I can't leave all the effort to my fellow Truants! Help us raise some money for kids who really need it!

Martin Curtis

I have always wanted to do the Heavy Metal Truants thing, which is normally a cycle from London to Download Festival.  But tim... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/316308/%20read%20more

Andrew Hartwell

Usually I ride a lot, not so since October 2019, for a number of reasons. Plus we've all been locked down, and I'm hundreds of mile... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319760/%20read%20more

Anneka Hess

Jeffrey Jones

Robin Moore

Vanessa Heatherley

Leander Gloversmith

James Isaacs

Miriam Goldstein

Brad Sullivan

I've been into cycling all my life (Dad was a big name in the 60's-80's!), but that stopped when I was on the road as a TM for year... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319789/%20read%20more

Andrew Reading

Amanda Cooper

5 years ago this month I fell off my bike and broke my hip. It’s still an ongoing recovery, I still limp when I run and I’m still r... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/316164/%20read%20more

Kate English

As part of the Download Festival team, I'm devastated to not be seeing everyone on site this year. Heavy Metal Truants are such a h... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/317012/%20read%20more

Mark McCaughrean

As most people know, I cycle. A lot. I cycle for fitness & I cycle for sanity. I cycle for myself. 

But now I'm also... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/318184/%20read%20more

Richard Ballantine

Having cycled over 1696 miles since March this year I felt I was in a good place to join this worth while charitable event and my l... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319606/%20read%20more

Juan Antonio Munoz Vicente

Tom Jayne

Clare Ratcliffe

Andrew Mitchell

Kevin Paish

Andrew Lawson

Sergio Gonzalez

My name is Sergio Gonzalez, from Chile, a rock and bicycle lover, and I am participating in this event since it unites two of my gr... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315613/%20read%20more

Nic Lynn

Peter Samuels

Paul Templing

As the guitarist of Gloryhammer, I was supposed to be playing a whole bunch of festivals this year, but instead here we all are at... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/318277/%20read%20more

Tris Alsbury

Paul Curran

Stephen Robson

Robert Steel

Jack Davey

THE PLAN:

Between June 1st and in the run-up to June 12th, the weekend of Virtual Download Festival, we want... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/316497/%20read%20more

Detlef Kroeze

Pauline Badger

Freya Bird

Phil Selway

Liam Morrison

I am attempting to cycles The Bomber which is a distance of 333 miles (which is from Hammersmith to Donington and back) from 1st-12... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319197/%20read%20more

Mike Lomas

Sam Smith

Richard Nutter

Stuart Doyle

So it would appear that I have only four degrees of separation from Iron Maiden. Me - daughter - daughter's BFF (does PR for) - Iro... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/316240/%20read%20more

James Halstead

I've always wanted to contribute to the Heavy Metal Truants ride but am normally precluded by weekend work and university. Really p... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/316689/%20read%20more

Nick Thompson

Darrin Wells

Lucy Kinsella

I have signed up to cycle the distance from London to the Download site in Donnington (175 miles), in the lead up to what would hav... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315694/%20read%20more

Jo Robbins

Anna-Laura de la Iglesia

Hoping to make 282 km (175 miles) in 2 weeks!

Fiona Brennan

Olly Baxter

Luc Laudy

Simon Hill

The fourth Truants ride for me. I will be riding around Machynlleth and the Snowdonia area covering 166 miles minimum. In these dif... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315752/%20read%20more

James Sharrock

Tim Lewis

Liz Duncan

From the 1st June until 12th June I’m taking part in the Heavy Metal Truants #Virtual ride from London to Download Fes... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319239/%20read%20more

Simeon Thrower

Paul Meiklejohn

David Pepper

Sarah Thomas

666 miles in 12 days, virtual and real

Pascale Nicolas

James Burdess

Carl Grimshaw

Samuel Barrett

Shane Gurney

John Phillips

Gabrielle Montet

Colin Heatherley

Miguel Carlos

Tim Wheatley

Chris Stevenson

Jess Lind

Stuart Robinson

Simon Ritson

David Chatwin

Patricia Dinsch

Emma Notman

Hi there!

As Download festival isn't taking place this year, I've decided to take part in the HMT - Eighth of Spades.

I... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319129/%20read%20more

Natalie Cubbage

Neil Burton

Dan Ihrelius

Beer geek and long time Maiden fan. Obviously, living in Sweden make it hard to join the real Heavy Metal Truants ride, but the vir... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/318343/%20read%20more

Pranas Vallecilla

Tom Halliday

“THE PLAN:

Between June 1st and in the run-up to June 12th, the weekend of Virtual Download Festival, we wan... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/319611/%20read%20more

Suzanne Moss

Gary Rowland

Gerhard Ramminger

Vitor Sargento

Anna Rosnell

Barrie Davies

Damian Green

Christopher Norman

I'll be doing The Road Crew ride, a minimum of 175 miles which is the equivalent of cycling from London to Download Festival, Donin... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315870/%20read%20more

John Hoenborg

I'm an avid cyclist and have for the past years been participating in different rides/events for charities. I was supposed to have... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/317863/%20read%20more

Max Dalbiac

Ian Noble

Michael Borrill

Alan Nesbitt

Outside of family and work my two great passions are cycling and live music. Fortunately I've been able to continue cycling, althou... http://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/315852/%20read%20more

Luke Elliott

Michal Sokolowski

William Mellina

Cyclist and Metalhead from Switzerland.

Alberto Santin

Ieuan Beckett

Anchor Lane

Matthew Brigandi

Stuart Affleck

Andrew Maxwell

John Consuegra

Chris Ternes

Matthew Clement