Thank you to everyone who came along on our last LSD ride. Everyone seemed comfortable with the pace. Catriona and I are going to do another long slow ride from Memorial Park at 7.30 am on Sunday 9th Nov.We will ride approximately 90 km, once again at the pace of the slowest rider, so this is an ideal opportunity for slower riders to cover some distance in a group. The intended route is Gillespies Line-Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Rd-Lockwood Rd-Hoihere Rd-Main Drain Rd-Taikorea-Glen Oroua-Rongotea-Kellow Rd-Penny Rd-Mt Stewart-Feilding-Palmerston North.
Another Long Slow Ride Planned
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.