Friends of much-missed teenage sports star Lewis Barry have used their musical talents to lay down a lasting tribute to their lost pal.

Funds raised by a CD single released by Forbidden Link - a band comprising five of the tragic cycling ace's schoolmates - have paid for a memorial bench in his honour. 

It has now been put in place at Leeds's Roundhay Park, where Lewis regularly raced in the West Riding Track League. 

The members of Forbidden Link were joined at a dedication event by their friend's proud parents, Mark and Carol Barry. 

Mark, himself a former Olympic cyclist, told the Yorkshire Evening Post, "What the lads have achieved is amazing - we are so grateful." 

Heather Fletcher, mother of 16-year-old Forbidden Link guitarist Ben Fletcher, said: "We are delighted with the boys' effort - it shows local teenagers in a good light. 

"It also shows what a lovely person Lewis was.  He was a talented cyclist and was loved by so many people."

Lewis, 15, died in his sleep at his family's home in Garforth last summer after his heart suddenly stopped beating. 

The Garforth Academy student had been cycling seriously since he was 11 and was expected to make the Great Britain team when he was older. 

His memorial bench bears a plaque with the moving message: "Don't wait for the storm to pass, learn to dance in the rain." 

It also says that Lewis will remain "always in our hearts." 

Money left over from the £1,200 or so generated by the single will be used to pay for an engraved memorial stone and tree-planting in Garforth later this year. 

Any remaining money will then be donated to the Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) charity. 

Ben's fellow Forbidden Link musicians are Leyton Hodgson, Danny Brown and Callum Jackson, all 16, and 15-year-old George Watts.

their self-penned singled was called Sleep Well (Gained and Angel). 

A second annual cycle ride in memory of Lewis will take place on Sunday, September 11. 

Participants will follow one of his favourite training routes, from Garforth to the village of Wistow, near Selby, and back again. 

For further details, visit the www.lewisbarry.co.uk website.