Laskeys Manfield 6Hour Challenge
Remember that the $10 late fee kicks in at noon on Monday.
So time to finalise those teams and get your entry in!
Do you put your bike on the back of your car?
Many cyclists arriving in Blenheim for the 2012 Grape Ride were stopped and ticketed ($150 fine) for driving with number plates obscured.
Under the law, it is mandatory that your registration plate (and lights) are legible and unobscured day or night. The 2011 regulation allows drivers to obtain supplementary registration plates that can be attached to objects such as bike racks that obscure permanent registration plates.
- Follow this link to order duplicate plates for $17.08
- DIY solution from KapitiCC member Matt Oliver
- $70 Off the shelf solution
Penalty for infringement is $150 however common practice as recently seen over the Graperide weekend is to issue the fine plus 20 demerit points. Note: If you get 100 or more demerit points within two years, you will be suspended from driving for three months.
One BikeManawatu member was let off with a warning because he has a “home made” number plate attached to the bike rack.
Coaching and Managers Working Group
The working group’s aim has been to deliver a series of presentations to enhance our knowledge of cycling.
Associate Professor Steve Stannard was the first presenter who discussed nutrition for cycling.
The next event on the calendar for the working group in 2012 is an open invitation to the membership on core strength which is to be delivered by Kim Findlay on the 13 Feb 12 starting at 7pm. This presentation aims at demonstrating practical exercises that will strengthen your core specifically for cycling. There is no cost to participate so members are encouraged to take full advantage of this opportunity.
Also in Feb 12, we plan to coordinate another session for those new to the sport, especially school age children and their parents. We want to tackle issues regarding restrictive gearing, training and riding safely.
Other opportunities to impart knowledge and advice have also been identified and these will be advertised accordingly.
Core strength and stability for cycling
The Coaching and Managers working group
In conjunction with Kim Findlay, Churchyard Physiotherapy
presents
Core strength and stability for cycling
Now is your chance to volunteer
You will see when you look at the calendar that for the races that have been added so far there are a number of jobs to be filled each race. This idea was seen on the PNP website and I am looking at introducing it to Bike Manawatu. As advised at the Sprint Cup we need everyone to put their hand up and help out with running the Saturday races. Volunteering is a great part of being involved in any sports club – its vital to the health of the club, it gives you a chance to give something back to your club, and you get to see just what goes into keeping each race safe.
Pahiatua Track and Saddle Roads
The ongoing inclement weather continues to make the task of clearing the slip and stabilising the hillside in the Manawatu Gorge extremely difficult. The continuing slips have stretched out the task well beyond the council and contractors original estimates. Our message to cyclist remains in place. For personal safety reasons we are still recommending and encouraging cyclists to avoid using the Pahiatua Track and Saddle Roads as a training route. You will be aware that the men and women’s cycle tour planned for the region in the New Year has been forced to change its route as a result.
For those who regularly read the Manawatu Evening Standard, I noted a one page plea from Fonterra also asking cyclists to avoid using these routes. To me such requests makes a lot of sense when the road offers a negligible verge and it seems pointless increasing the levels of risk to individuals when it’s totally unnecessary. Choose alternative routes and live to ride.