by Vaughan Hunt | Jun 20, 2013 | Board Chair's Blog
The blogs we are getting from Glenys on her intrepid journey across the vast Nullarbor Plain make for fascinating reading. It is hard to imagine the distances involved and the determination she is showing. I blame Colin Anderson! The Christie 250 also did not help. Colin has started a trend in our club and the bar keeps getting higher!
I have been mulling over the roads and pathways that cycling has taken our club members in recent times.
It makes for impressive reading. Here is a list of what I can recall.
- Glenys on her Perth to Adelaide odyssey…lady Lala
- Colin Anderson 65 times around Lake Taupo…wow and how.
- Taupo to Palmy for the Christie 250 ladies…awesome teamwork and cause.
- Luke Mudgeway to Australia with U19 road team….a great result for hard work.
- Jesse Sergent in the snow on the Italian Alps racing the Giro and then on to Akers Road with the schools cycling last Sunday…outstanding.
- Simon van Velthooven sprinting his way through Minsk, Feilding, Invercargill, Tokyo, Valencia, Paris, Berlin…where next?
- Dave Fryer and Vaughan Hunt in France for the ITU World Championships Long Course Triathalon….a tough day in the office.
- A number of our juniors and masters to Taranaki for the QB Tour….flying the flag high.
- A great turnout for Manfeild 6 hour relay….90 laps for winners.
- A big contingent to Queenstown for road nationals…..amazing results for our club.
- Steve Stannard racing from Wellington to Auckland…..tough bugger.
….and there are lots more…
This sport has it all….our members are maximizing their opportunities, there is no doubt about that.
See you at the quiz night on 5th July.
Come prepared for Aussie facts off Glenys’s blog page.
by Vaughan Hunt | Jun 20, 2013 | Archive(News)
More than a dozen young Bike Manawatu riders have been training at the Human Performance Laboratory at Massey twice a week for the past two months.
Supervised by Michelle Burns, a staff member from the School of Sport and Exercise, the riders have developed a good background in the techniques of resistance training and stretching.
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by Vaughan Hunt | Jun 17, 2013 | Archive(Notices)
Palmerston North City Council have just released their Draft Street Design Manual for public consultation. This manual will provide a design framework for engineers upgrading all of the city roads into the future.
There is an emphasis on “shared space” and providing safe facilities for cyclist and pedestrians. PNCC have asked for responses to their draft. Bike Manawatu will be submitting a response.
If you would like to have some input, you can see a copy of the draft on the PNCC website at the following link http://www.pncc.govt.nz/yourcouncil/councilactivities/councilinitiatives/street-designs-initiative/.
Feel free to submit your own response, or email any thoughts or comments that you have to katherine.stannard@pncc.govt.nz for inclusion in the Bike Manawatu submission.
Submissions close on 5th July.
There is a public presentation about the Manual and chance for questions at 5:15pm on Monday 24th June at the City Library Sound & Vision space.
This is an excellent opportunity to have your say on making Palmerston North a cycle friendly city – don’t waste it!”
by Vaughan Hunt | Jun 14, 2013 | Archive(Notices)
To celebrate passing the shortest day of 2013 Bike Manawatu invites members and non-members to a fun ride in the Tararua Region on Sunday 23 June 2013.
The ride will start at 9AM from the Black Stump Cafe, Main Street (ANZ corner), Pahiatua (this start point is a change to that advertised at Memorial Park last Sunday 9 June), please assemble by 8.50 – 8.55 AM for notices and to enable sorting bunches .
There are to be 2 distances: 1 @ 90 km (30-32km ave) and 1 @ 60km (26-28km avg).
On completion we will have a social chat, food, coffee, etc.
Car pooling is suggested or for the enduro types leave opp BP Fitzherbert Ave PN 7AM, cycle over the Pahiatua Track and return.
by Vaughan Hunt | Jun 7, 2013 | Archive(Notices)

21 June 2013, 6.15pm start (This Friday)
Updated poster with list of auction items.
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