Bike Manawatu Member Profile Name;Colin Anderson. Nickname; Wal. Relationship status; Married to Christine. Favourite food;T Bone steak with all the trimmings. Favourite Movies:Dramas.Green Mile,Dr Zhivago. Favourite Cyclist:Nathan Dalhberg who urged me home in my...

Hi, my name is Steve Stannard and I’m the Chair of the Board of Bike Manawatu. I am a commuter, recreational, touring, and (sometime) competitive cyclist, and in my spare time I work at Massey University as a Professor in Exercise Physiology. All of my family...

Hi, I’m Austin Smith and have recently become a member of the Bike Manawatu Board. I have been a keen social cyclist for the last 15 years and a member of the club since 2005. I ride regularly with mid week groups, Saturday rides and the BM rides on Sunday....

Growing up in Switzerland gave me a solid base to be involved in a number of different sports –cycling was something I did for cross training purposes to balance my competitive running. Funny enough I never competed in a bike race in Switzerland – looking back now I...

My involvement with Bike Manawatu started when our sons took up competitive cycling during their secondary school years. I have spent many hours anxiously waiting on roadsides in New Zealand and overseas, clutching bottles and spare clothes, chasing around the course...

I’ve been riding bikes since high school, mountain biking in Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington but only started road riding shortly after I started at Massey in 2003. My training in those days consisted of taking my youngest daughter, Grace, on the back of the...

Being born and raised in Holland means we pretty much do everything on the bike: grocery shopping, going to school, and usually even to work. So strong biking fitness for whatever you choose to do later in life! My earliest road cycling experience is from alternative...

I am a relative late comer to cycling and still struggle to change my rear wheel inside two minutes, let alone a puncture! I hate punctures and always ride with a 3 ply tyre. In my youth rowing was my summer sport, a way to get fitter and stronger for rugby, my then...