31 Jan 2023

Blokes on bikes riding for men's health

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 31 January 2023
Bruce Cotterill and Paul Muir, founders of Bike for Blokes

Bruce Cotterill and Paul Muir, founders of Bike for Blokes Photo: supplied

Bruce Cotterill and Paul Muir are a couple of Auckland blokes trying to help other blokes by raising awareness of - and money for - for mental health and prostate cancer.

The friends are the brains behind Bike for Blokes, a charity they set up last year as they cycled the length of the country, raising nearly $220,000.

Both men have had close friends and family members affected by prostate cancer and poor mental health, and worry about men not looking after or even talking about their health and as a result often getting a late diagnosis.

In a few weeks,  they're doing it again- taking extra riders with them, and jointly aiming to raise $400,000.