A recent article in the Manawatu Standard:
A daunting bike ride from Cape Reinga to Bluff has become all the rage within the cycling fraternity, rather like the Camino de Santiago walking pilgrimage across Spain.
New Zealand’s wheeled version is Tour Aotearoa, described as a 3000-kilometre bike-packing odyssey, a third of it ridden on gravel, a third off-road and a third on-road.
Great news… Under Level 2 with groups of up to 100 allowed, normal bunch riding can resume.
The first official ride will be on Sunday the 7th June
We still need to:
We might trial taking a photo of the bunches before you leave so that in the unlikely event of needing to contact trace, we know who was in each bunch.
Hope to see you all out there soon
A number of local cyclists are heading off on the Tour Aotearoa. A 3000km mountainbike bikepacking trip from Cape Reinga to Bluff.
You can track their progress here. I’ll be posting some photos of my journey here
Good luck to all those riding
Palmfield Motors Mini Series will be at Akers Road tonight, 18th Feb.
Pre-registrations are open here until 3pm, but you can register on the night
Race briefing at 5.45pm, racing starts at 6.00pm
Mountains to Sea to Windmills Ride 22/23 February 2019
If you, or you know of someone that would like to attend the ride, but feel that the ride back to Palmy is too long, there is an option for you to end the ride in Whanganui and arrange your own transport home from there.
When we arrive in Ohakune on Saturday there will be two rides to choose from, a 40km and a 65km ride which will both include the climb up Turoa and the awesome decent.
A sit around on sat arvo before departing to dinner at the Powderkeg restaurant (you will need to pay for your own meal).
We will depart at 7.30am on Sunday morning
We will stop in Wanganui for lunch on the way through.
The cost is $155.00 per person which include the accommodation , the bus transport to Ohakune, a small truck to transport the bikes to ohakune and to support us along the way with your refreshments and to transport your luggage back to Palmerston North .
Our driver Neil is also an awesome bicycle technician if you have any problems.
If you have not already registered your interest in this not to be missed weekend, and want to join us, please email rob@palmfeilds.co.nz
To secure your spot $55.00 deposit and the balance to be paid by Friday 14th February
Please make your payments into the below account using your surname as a reference.
12-3211-0009818-03