Bike Manawatu – Brass Monkey Event

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.

Sunday 28th June 2015, 8AM from Memorial Park , PN

To acknowledge the passing of the shortest day this year and recognize we have some cold days ahead Bike Manawatu is celebrating with a Brass Monkey Event on 28th June 2015 at 8AM from Memorial Park, PN with bunch rides returning to Café Soskys, Napier Road at about 10 – 10.30 AM for a social morning and some spot prizes draw.

Café Soskys will have hot soup with breads selection available at $10 per head. All cyclists back for hot soup will be in the draw for spot prizes, we have in excess of 12 x sponsored prizes useful for our cycling, only 1 prize per person may be claimed.
Some of the prizes:
• Bike Manawatu summer cycling shirt
• Road tyre
• Pair cycling gloves, full finger
• LED front light
• Bottle Kim Crawford Pinot Noir
• Tino Tabak book
• Tubes

Put this event in your diary, Sunday 28th June 2015 8 AM for Bike Manawatu’s Brass Monkey Ride followed by hot soup at Café Soskys and Spot Prize draw.