A friendly reminder to please remember to pre register for our up and coming Bike Manawatu Road Races. 23.02.21

Despite the current ‘cost of living challenges’ facing all community events, Bike Manawatu is 100% committed to ensuring the 51st year of the Novice Tour – once again provides a safe, fun, competitive cycle racing event.

We will adopt a high-quality assured approach in implementing the Local Roading Authority’s/Cycling New Zealand’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) standards which ensure best practices and rider and spectator safety.

If the level of community funding secured is not sufficient to contract in external road management service providers with the ability to stop/go traffic, the Novice Tour will proceed on a ‘local club racing’ model, whereby our team of trained/experienced road marshals will, where necessary, pause racing in order to give way to traffic and ensure rider safety.

Although funding external road management services with the ability to stop/go traffic is ideal, if this is not feasible – we are confident that the event’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) will provide a competitive, fair, enjoyable and importantly safe racing environment.

Irrespective of which model of traffic management/racing is finalised, as with all CNZ/Bike Manawatu events, normal road rules will apply and a full rider briefing confirming the event rules will be provided to all riders prior to the start of each race.

A friendly reminder to please remember to pre register for our up and coming Bike Manawatu Road Races.

This weekend we have our Woolworths Cup
Please pre register if you are keen to ride.
Traffic Management is all approved and we are ready to go (if we have enough interest)

This is a graded handicap on a 43km course around Feilding / Halcombe
9am Start Time
All riders MUST Pre Register Here before 12 noon Saturday 27.02.21

Start & Meet Bike Manawatu Timing van on Makino Road near the top of Leighbridge Street
Registration 8.15am at HQ – (near the Bike Manawatu Timing Van) as above
Race briefing 8:45am – all riders must attend
First grade off at 9am

Cyclists to assemble on verge with parking towards town against railway line.
Handicap start.

On Tuesday 2nd March 2021 we have managed to have our traffic management plans approved to race on our A1 Loops course after having to cancel our event on the 16th Feb because of bad weather. (we also have Tuesday 9th March approved as a postponement date.)
Please pre register for this race Here
Sign on from 5.15pm – First riders off at 6pm

Then on Sunday 14th March we have our Sutton Cup on the Halcombe Stanway circuit
9am Start Time
All riders MUST Pre Register Here before 12 noon Saturday 13.03.21
Start & Meet Bike Manawatu Timing van outside the Halcombe Memorial Hall – 76 Willoughby Street
The safe Halcombe-Stanway-Tokorangi circuit (anti-clockwise) is a 20.51k loop.
Registration 8.15am at HQ – (near the Bike Manawatu Timing Van) as above
Race briefing 8:45am – all riders must attend
First grade off at 9am

Registering for our road events is essential as it helps our organises prepare the event for our riders.

If you or someone you know is available to help volunteer at any of our races we’d love to hear from you.
Thank you, have a great week