BikeManawatu Racing in 2024
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.
Hope 2024 has started well for everyone.
Following on from our Christmas break, Bike Manawatu and our sponsors are very excited to announce a racing calendar for the next couple of months. We are working with a skeleton crew, so it’s all hands on deck to supply our club with racing all through the year including school cycling events
Bike Manawatu events on various Thursday evenings and weekends before winter, in this school term.
Added in there are a couple of out of town events from other clubs and community groups that we, as a club, would encourage you to support
- ITT or 2 up Thursday 22nd Feb
- Destination Ride to Waitarere on Sunday 25th….everyone invited
- A1 Loops Road race Thursday Feb 29th.
- Hillclimb March 3rd – POSTPONED
- Bush Tour March 9th Various distances
- Glen Oroua Road Race March 14th
- Destination Ride #2 Saturday 16th March
- WCNI Road race and ITT – POSTPONED
- Taranaki Round the mountain Sunday April 7th.
- Rongotea April 13th
- Cyclocross April 28th
- Manfeild 6 Hour supporting Arohanui Hospice May 19th.
- Cloyton/Hiwinui 16h June
- Kairanga Time Trials – Team and ITT 30th June
All events are on the Website, Timed events with entry on Webscorer link.
Destination rides have a limit to numbers so please contact Tim for details.
These Destination rides are for all abilities, around 50-60kms with a tail vehicle and ride home.
