Bike Manawatu Team for Trust House Cycling Series 2019

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.

Bike Manawatu Team for Trust House Cycling Series

We are again registering a team for the popular Trusthouse Cycling Series in the Wairarapa. This is a series of 5 races held from September to December, and is while each rider is racing individually, there are also team points awarded. If you would like more information on the series, check their website for information http://www.cyclingseriesnz.co.nz/

At this stage we are only have the interest to field a Masters 2 team 45-54 years of age, but are looking at expressions of interest from anybody wanting to be on a team in case there are enough numbers to enter teams in the other age grades. And we still have room for other Masters 2 age group riders on the current team.

If you are interested in taking part please get in touch with us by emailing secretary@bikemanawatu.co.nz as soon as possible.

Please note that we do not have any sponsorship for this, so there will be some cost involved to those riders wishing to participate.