‘I still want to achieve’: people living with stage 4 cancer embrace Chris Hoy charity ride

Inaugural Tour de 4 is tailored to individuals' physical abilities and aims to challenge assumptions about stage 4 cancer

Mel Erwin is pragmatic about what it took to get her on a bike. I have one and a half lungs. I'm on a treatment drug. I don't identify as sporty. I wouldn't have done it without a goal."

This Sunday the 57-year-old will roar up the Campsie Hills north of Glasgow in a camp as Christmas" sparkly cape alongside her partner, Sarah, and 3,000 other participants.