When: This Weekend- September 10th
Where;Timona Park Simon street Feilding.
Entries have closed online but late entries for the recreational events (not the Joe Allen Classic), will be taken on the day up to 30 minutes before the rides start. The club would love to see as many cyclist support this great annual event as possible.
For more details head to Feilding Festival of Cycling Website or the Bike Manawatu Facebook page.
1) Joe Allen Memorial Classic: Start 8.30am Feilding to Apiti return (17 and over licensed riders only)
2) The 90k recreational Ride: Start 9.30am Feilding to Rangawahia return
3) The 50k recreational Ride: Start 10.30am Feilding to Kimbolton return
4) The 20k fun ride all ages( Free). Start 10am Feilding-Colyton loop.
As always this annual event is a great event to start your spring cycling off after your winter base training. Ride Organiser Austin Smith and his team do a great job and the courses are awesome for scenery and to give you a test of where you are at this time of year over a short or longer distance. All ages and abilities can ride this event which makes it a great outing for all cycling people. Get your cycling buddies together and be sure to enter the Feilding Festival of cycling. Checkout the Facebook page and be sure to say yes and participate in this excellent event.
Palmfeilds Motors October 15th Recreational Ride
Check out upcoming Bike Manawatu Events Calendar
Spring is the start of many club events for cyclists. If you own a bike and want to experience something new and different and get fitter, be sure to check out the clubs ride calendar online and try something different.
The club and event organisers would love to see you give different events a go this year. Cyclists can do anything and many masters riders tried different club events last year which resulted in their feedback being positive and are the same cyclist keen to return this year. How fantastic is that.
Check out your cycling interests:
Kairanga Time Trial Series- From Horizons yard on Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road on Wednesdays from 6pm. This flat 12Km weekly time trail points series has been a huge success with approximately 50+ riders biking out to the course and registered from 5.45pm. A great way to exercise before dinner.
Feilding Track Riding- Hire a track bike from the club for a modest amount of money and have fun racing different events on a balmy night at the Johnston Park cycling track in Feilding under the watchful eye of legend Ian Gray and his team. Fun. Join the ‘Bike Manawatu Track Cycling’ Facebook group to keep updated with this throughout the season.
Manfeild Criterium- On Tuesday’s from 6pm for the Month of November the popular Criteruim series is on again. Safe off road fun graded riding for all ages. Last year people loved it and the improvement in their cycling was huge. Pencil this one in, it’s contagious.
Weekend Festival of Cycling- Saturday January 27th and 28th 2018
Gravel and Tar Classic– 27th of January- This is an incredible coup by Bike Manawatu and event founder Steve Stannard to bring elite International Racing Teams to Palmerston North to race a physically and technically very difficult road and gravel 125km race. The Elite riders love this tough and very different event and our scenic region. Having them in Palmy is the start of something special for the region.
Gravel and Tar Gran Fondo– Saturday 27 January- This event has been designed for all recreational riders of all ages and abilities to give people a taste of something different and to feel part of the regions weekends Festival of Cycling. The Gran Fondo will offer two distances in 2018
1) The 70km Gravel and Tar course;
2) The 30km course.
There is something for everyone be they young, mature, male or female. Give it a go and support our Weekend Festival of cycling which will grow in our region.
Manawatu Mountain Bike Club Entertaining supporting Weekend Festival of Cycling-
Bike Manawatu and our good friends the Manawatu Mountain Bike club are considering supporting the Manawatu Festival of Cycling Weekend with possibly running the Kahuterawa Challenge mountain bike ride on Sunday the 28th of January. Wouldn’t that be mouthwatering for all cyclist riding The Gran Fondo in the Saturday and the Kahuterawa Challenge on the Sunday. We will keep you informed with the progress of this.
Manawatu Schools-
NZ National Schools Road Championships -September 30th to October 2nd bringing the best of New Zealand’s schools riders to our region to compete for their school.
Novice Tour of Manawatu– December 9th-10th. A proud forty four year old multi-stage Manawatu Tour highlighting some of New Zealand’s best rising stars racing for individual and club honours.
Members to Promote Rider Safety at all Time
As responsible cyclists we must all constantly remind ourselves to promote rider safety and road code etiquette when riding at all times. Our sport shares the roads with vehicles of all sizes and drivers of all capabilities. Our daily ride groups are the flagship of our sport and are responsible for promoting road codes and standards to keep everyone safe.
All rider groups are encouraged to identify ride leaders amongst yourselves and where possible have identified a safe course to ride. Letting people know where you are heading is also advised and how long you might be. Often road works can disrupt rides and checking out council reports or talking to other fellow riders is a good idea before you set your course.
The fact that most of us learnt to ride a bike as children and then put the bike down when we got our first car at around 15-17 years old means most people have not ridden a bike for years before we decide to join Bike Manawatu and start riding a bike again for health and fitness. To help these people is all of our responsibility.
Ride Leaders:
Cycling NZ with support from Sport Manawatu and Sport Whanganui is running a free Ride Leader Programme in Palmerston North and Whanganui in October.
If you love cycling like we do, and you are passionate about your community, why not become a ride leader and share your experience with others?
We would like you to be part of a network of passionate people who are keen to share their knowledge and passion of biking with others by becoming cycling ambassadors and cycling group leaders on or off the road.
Whether you are a person who rides for fitness, recreation, commuting or who enjoys exploring our region’s network of wonderful cycle paths, we are keen to have you part of this programme to help others to get cycling.
We have attached a poster for more information, if you are interested in the programme.
Here is the latest ride leader video promoting the programme:
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