by Bike Manawatu | Jan 27, 2023 | News, Notices
SUMMER RACING – POINTS SERIES
Hopefully you have seen our summer racing calendar;
To add some spice and healthy competition we will be running a grade points series from the 2 ITT and 2 Graded Road Races with a grade leaders jersey up for grabs. Eligible grades are A, B, C & D
All races have now been posted on our FB page and registrations are open via webscorer (click the links above). You will see on the ITT registration a grade selection field which is not normally required for ITTs. Please chose your grade for the series when registering for the first event which is NEXT TUESDAY. We will be using times from this event to re/confirm dubious grade selections
Riders will not be able to change grades without very good reason. If permitted, any accumulated points will be removed
Standard road bike configuration only is allowed at TT’s. Riders who do compete with TT bikes, discs, clip on bars etc will not be allocated series points
We know its hard to make it to every event so there will be 1 discard – 3 rounds to count
Points will be awarded to the top 10 in each grade on a high scoring basis – 10, 9, 8, 7 etc
First jerseys will be presented at the race 2 briefing 16 Feb. Jerseys are to be retuned at completion of each race to be represented to the grade leads at the following rounds
We hope that with high bragging rights on the line you will enjoy this format and we look forward to seeing how the classification GC battles shape up. Spread to word and lets get some good numbers and make this a great summer of competitive racing.
** Please note due to a rained off event (16.02.23 Akers Road) we have decided to amend our Colyton Hiwinui Loop course which was scheduled as a Handicapped event, but will now be run as a Graded Road Race to complete our Summer Series. Our Essex Cup race will be run at a later date during 2023. Thank you
by Bike Manawatu | Nov 10, 2022 | News
Up & Coming Events for week ending 11th November 2022
Sunday 13th November
Trust House Teams Series 4
Bike Manawatu Track Racing 1:00pm – 4:00pm https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=297263
Tuesday 15th November
Manfeild Points Race 2/2
Wednesday 16th November
Bike Manawtau Track Training 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Sunday 20th November
Bike Manawatu Track Racing 1:00pm – 4:00pm [in Levin]
Trust House Teams Series 3
Tuesday 22nd November
Essex Cup – Colyton / Hiwinui
Wednesday 23rd November
Bike Manawtau Track Training 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Saturday 26th November
Taupo Cycle Challenge
Sunday 27th November
Bike Manawatu Track Racing 1:00pm – 4:00pm [in Levin]
Tuesday 29th November
A1 Loops
Wednesday 30th November
Bike Manawtau Track Training 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Sunday 4th December
Trust House Teams Series 5
Wellington Track Levin joint carnival TBC
Tuesday 6th December
Akers Road Race – Linton
Wednesday 7th December
Bike Manawtau Track Training 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Sunday 11th December
Bike Manawatu Track Racing 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Wednesday 14th December
Bike Manawtau Track Training 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Saturday 17th December
Bike Manawatu Track Racing Christmas Meeting 1:00pm – 4:00pm
by Vaughan Hunt | Aug 25, 2022 | News
Recently we change the planning of the Sunday Recreational Rides so that the ride coordinators chose the courses on the day.
We promised to get your feedback on that change. Here are the results:
In the survey responses, it was clear that ride routes published ahead of time are preferred, however you also said change on the day is OK, giving the ride coordinators some flexibility.
We will start publishing the planned routes again in the weekly newsletter, but the actual route on the day is still the coordinator’s choice. Weather, wind direction, sunstrike, even the group makeup or just the coordinator’s preference are all valid reasons for a change of route.
by Vaughan Hunt | Aug 14, 2022 | News
Hi All
Last chance to give us feedback on the way we plan our Sunday ride routes.
by Vaughan Hunt | Jun 18, 2022 | News
As you probably know, BikeManawatu organises a bunch ride every Sunday. Recently the Sunday ride organisers agreed to trial a new way to choose the routes.
Up till now, Mike Keenan and Ken Young maintained a list of paired rides, using routes from the list of rides on the website, and Vaughan would include these in the weekly newsletter.
However we would like to give the ride organisers more freedom to choose the ride routes based on weather conditions, wind direction, sunstrike etc. Maybe even with some input from the riders at Memorial Park on the day.
So from next week we won’t be publicising the routes in the newsletter ahead of time and they will be selected on the day.
This is a trial and we will be soliciting your feedback in a few weeks.
by Vaughan Hunt | Jun 18, 2022 | News
Recently the Sunday recreational ride organisers and some of the board got together to discuss issues and improvements to the Sunday rides.
Minutes below
Commenced: 5:33 pm
Present: Michael Craine, Keryn Paekau, Tim Lloyd, Michelle Turner, Andrew Ward, Mike Keenan, Garry Buys, Colin Anderson
Virtual – Google Meeting: Vaughan Hunt, Ken Young
- Welcome and thank you to everyone who attended
- Mike mentioned that the board have received several complaints around our Sunday Rides and we need to hone on in on our cycling etiquette and the perception this is having on us as a club.
- Although many riders of the Sunday rides are not members of Bike Manawatu, member or not anyone attending a Bike Manawatu organised ride is a reflection on our club as a whole The board needs to be assured that things will improve.
- Garry would like to be know when a complaint is received – Ride Coordinators to be given a copy of the complaint when received by the board
- A couple of the major complaints being toilet etiquette e.g when a rider used a fence instead of a bathroom, and when sexist / derogatory abuse was hurled at a group of young triathletes – these are not acceptable, and we need to be careful how we are “seen” by the
public.
- A big issue that was identified was the race to the coffee shop and the break down of etiquette.
- Garry suggested that we need to introduce from the 50km sign – to neutralise the bunch.
- Our riders need to have some pride and be aware of how they ride their bike Mike K, said Ride Coordinators can reinforce the expectations at the start of the rides to the groups about the need to improve their etiquette and obey road rules but an issue faced is the lack of respect of our riders in attendance to the coordinators.
- Currently have a group of fast of A grade riders who have terrible etiquette
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