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Glen Oroua Graded Road Race 19 April 2026
What a stunning morning it was for our Graded Road Race at Glen Oroua. Summer made a welcome return, treating the ~50 riders out on the course to beautiful conditions. Huge thanks to Sam Richardson for Timing, Rachel O’Dea for sag wagon, Tim Lloyd for traffic...
2026 Annual General Meeting & Track Prize Giving
Greetings Members & Supporters On behalf of the Bike Manawatu Board we wish to invite you all to our Annual General Meeting and Track Prize Giving. Date: Friday 1st May 2026 Time: 6pm Venue: Marist Sports Club, 19 Pascal Street, Palmerston North ...
Secretary/Treasurer Opportunity – Greasy Chain Charitable Trust
The Greasy Chain Charitable Trust is seeking a passionate and dedicated Secretary/Treasurer to join its Board. The Bike Manawatū Board works alongside the Greasy Chain Board to support and grow cycling across the Manawatū region. This is a great opportunity to...
Woolworths Cup 31 March 2026
Great night out to finish off our Twilight Daylight savings season. Massive thanks to Sam Richardson for Timing, Ross O’Dea for marshalling and numerous other duties this evening, and Tim Lloyd for traffic management set up and pack up in the dark. Of course none of...
Pedal Her Way – Coaching for Women
I’m Michaela Drummond, Ex Professional Cyclist, the founder of Pedal Her Way. My journey in cycling started here in Manawatū, and over time I saw how many women wanted to not only ride, but improve and feel more confident progressing in the sport. Pedal Her Way...
Glen Oroua Graded Road Race 22 March 2026
Thank you to everyone who came out to Glen Oroua for today’s road race, it was another stunning morning for riding. Massive thanks to our volunteers: Jo Coxon for running the Timing, John from Wellington on the Stop/Go paddle on the bridge, Tim Lloyd for traffic...
Kairanga Time Trial 10 March 2026
Great to see some old and new faces at tonight's Kairanga time trial, and some teams getting out there as well. Thanks to Sam Richardson for running the timing, to Tim Lloyd for course setup, and to Edward Dabinett, Phil Riley and Duncan Palmer for volunteering. This...
Welcome to 2026
Summer has possibly come and left us. Our Track team has certainly been hampered by the changing conditions this season and the CHB tour was more of a winter tour than Mid summer event. Last week we launched our Road Calendar for the next 5 months. Details here and on...
Kairanga Time Trial 10 February 2026
It was a beautiful summer evening yesterday for the 17 riders and our amazing volunteers at Kairanga. Firstly, a huge THANK YOU to our volunteers Sam and Laura Richardson for running the timing, Tim Lloyd for traffic management, and Alastair Cadzow, David Peel and...
Sunday’s interclub ride
We received this lovely thanks form Kapiti Cycling club: Hi Mike Thanks once again for organising last Sunday's interclub ride. The Kapiti guys really enjoyed riding the route, particularly the rolling Valley Road section after the climb. We all agreed that section...
Rongotea North-Eastern Time Trial 14 September 2025
Small but potent line up at the North-Eastern Rongotea TT today. Glenn Kirk, Cliff Hughes and Winston Briggs dusted off their TT bikes to join Mark Hudson at the pointy end. Results can be found HERE Very cool to see 5 members of the Peel family competing in various...
Kapiti Cycling Club Visit, Sunday 21 September 2025
Bike Manawatu is being joined by Kapiti Cycling Club members on Sunday 21st September 2025 for our Sunday ride commencing from Memorial Park at the later time of 8.30am. KCC advised their cyclists will be of B-grade to Vets standards all looking forward to a change of...
Club Road Race Champs (Glen Oroua) 31 August 2025
Great turn out for the Bike Manawatu Road Race Champs this morning. The decision to move to a flatter course was well received with good numbers considering the weather forecast 3 days ago. Sometimes we just need to back ourselves and run the planned event and that...
Gearing Up
Hoping we will be done with this cold winter that has gripped us this year. We have avoided most to the big wet but the cold mornings have been a bit to conquer. As a Club we have been pushing on with having racing through the winter on the back of a very successful 6...
Rongotea North-Eastern Time Trial 17 August 2025
Overall a successful first run with our new Northern TT course. These new courses and events don’t just happen overnight. Leading in to schools nationals in late September there was an appetite for change to use the prevailing wind to our advantage, avoid magpies,...
A1 Loops Taonui Graded Road Race 27 July 2025
Another ripper morning at Taonui loops today. Great turn out and great to see the Skinner brothers, Darren Murdie, Mark Hudson and Blair Christian backing up from racing in Kapiti the day before. Joy Vanderpoel and Thomas Stannard are now frequent contributors. Kudos...
Makino Road ITT & TTT 20 July 2025
Great morning out this morning! Many thanks to the Richardson timing crew, Jonathon Hannon, Jos Calder and Ross O'Dea for their excellent assistance again today. Awesome to see Wiremu and Matiu Kaihau, Patrick Johnstone make a welcome return and Joy Vanderpoel. Some...
A1 Loops Taonui Graded Road Race 13 July 2025
A great turn out in perfect spring like conditions this morning at the A1 loops in Taonui. Results can be found here: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=397604 Huge thanks to Sam and Andy Richardson with Laura and Holly who ran the timing and results today. Liam...
Novice Tour – 2&3 August 2025
Novice Tour – 2&3 August 2025
The 52nd Novice Tour of Manawatu is just around the corner. A two day tour with four stages around Halcombe, Manawatu, for U13, U15, U17 and U19 riders. Tour leader, Sprint Ace and KoM/QoM jerseys are up for grabs, thanks to our amazing sponsors! Early Bird pricing...
Makino Road ITT & TTT – Sunday 20th July 2025
The course is ~17km, out and back on Makino Road, Feilding 8:15am Registration 8:45am Race Briefing 9:00am Start Event details and Registration: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=396523
A1 Loops Graded Road Race – This Sunday 13th July 2025
9:00am Start, first grade off A Grade 40km (4 laps) B Grade 40km (4 laps) C Grade 30km (3 laps) D Grade 20km (2 laps) E Grade 11km (1 lap) 8:15am Registration 8:45am Race Briefing 9:00am Start, first grade off Event details and registration:...
Rongotea Time Trial 22nd June 2025
Results can be found here: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=395236 Thank you to the volunteers who helped today: Ross O’Dea, Phil Riley, Tim Lloyd, Sam Richardson, Laura Richardson, Andy Richardson, Mark Skinner, Alastair Cadzow and Belinda Cadzow. It was great...
Halcombe Graded Road Race 15th June 2025
Epic morning in Halcombe! Thank you to everyone who participated today, in particular our volunteers: Sam Richardson, Laura Richardson, Holly Richardson, Andy Richardson, Tim Lloyd, Jonathon Hannon, Charles Kerr and Bryant Havill. Without our sponsors it would not be...
Makino Road – TT and Road Race 1st June 2025
It was great to see 41 riders at this morning’s TT and Road Race at Makino Road, results can be found here: https://www.webscorer.com/race?pid=1&raceid=392435 A huge THANK YOU to the volunteers at our event: Sam Richardson, Tim Lloyd, Jo Coxon, Ross O’Dea, Charles...
Weekly Wrap
Sunday was truly an amazing day with 149 riders participating in this year’s Manfeild 6 Hour Cycle Challenge! Thank you to the Mainland Foundation and our sponsors for their generous financial support of this event, and to each and every one of you for supporting...
Next Road Race – Sunday 18th May
A1 Loops Graded Road Race - Sunday 18th May 2025 Sign on and transponder collection from 8.15am at the timing van on Durie Road. Race briefing 8.50am First grade start 9am A Grade 40km (4 laps) B Grade 40km (4 laps) C Grade 30km (3 laps) D Grade 20km (2 laps) E Grade...
Early bird pricing ends on Monday (19th May 2025)
ONLY DAYS TO GO until the 2025 Manfeild 6 Hour Cycle Challenge! ❗Early bird pricing ends on Monday (19th May 2025) 👉 For event details and registration visit: https://bikemanawatu.co.nz/manfeild6hour/
Manfeild 6hr Challenge 2025
BM25B – Rongotea, Bainesse, Kairanga
Route Map Ride description BM25B – Rongotea, Bainesse, Kairanga Distance: 82km Description: Vogel St, Airport Drive, Gillespies Line, Kairanga, Rongotea Rd, Kellow Rd, Hwy 56, Bainesse, Pyke Rd, Main Drain Rd, Hoihere Rd, Home
BM25A – Rongotea, Bainesse, Shannon, Linton
Route Map Ride description BM25A – Rongotea, Bainesse, Shannon Linton Distance: 110km Description: Vogel St, Airport Drive, Gillespies Line, Kairanga, Rongotea Rd, Kellow Rd, Hwy 56, Bainesse, Himitangi Block Rd, Foxton Shannon Rd, Shannon, Okuku...
BM06A – Valley Rd, Road to nowhere
Route Map Ride description BM06A – Valley Rd, Road to nowhere Distance: 83km Description: Napier Rd, Ashhurst, left at Valley Rd, Right onto Taonui Rd, turn at the end of the seal. Colyton, Reid line E, Dixons Line, Bunnythorpe Tutaki Rd,...
BM22A – Aokautere, Te Matai, Bridle Trail
Route Map Ride description BM22A - Aokautere, Te Matai, Bridle Trail Distance: 42km Description: Ruahine, Te Awe Awe, Summerhill, Aokautere, Ashhurst, Te Matai Rd, optional Bridle Trail & Home
BM22C – Mangamaire
Route Map Ride description BM22C - Mangamaire Distance: 85km Description: Ruahine, Te Awe Awe, Summerhill, Pahiatua Track, Makomako Rd, Nikau Rd, Tutaekara Rd, Mangamaire, Bridge Rd, Scarborough-Konini Rd, Pahitus Rd, Ballance Rd, Ballance Valley...
BM22B – Post Office Rd
Route Map Ride description BM22B - Post Office Road Distance: 63km Description: Ruahine, Te Awe Awe, Summerhill, Pahiatua Track, Makomako Rd, Ballance Rd, Ballance Valley Rd, Pahiatua Track & Home
BM33C – Feilding Colyton
Route Map Ride description BM33C - Feilding Colyton Distance: 46km Description: Vogel, Railway, Roberts, Newbury, Campbells line, East street, Kimbolton Road Colyton Rd Taonui Road, Campbells line, Roberts Line
BM31E – Railway Rd, Stony Creek
Route Map Ride description BM31E – Railway Rd, Stony Creek Distance: 20km Description: Main St, up Vogel St, Railway Rd on cycle path, across to Roberts Line, right at K-B Rd to Bunnythorpe, right to Stoney Creek Rd, right at Napier Rd to...
BM33B – Halcombe Mt Biggs
Route Map Ride description BM33B - Halcombe Mt Biggs Distance: 71km Description: Feilding via Campbells Rd , Mangone Rd to Halcombe , To Mt Biggs , Sandon Road back via Campbells and Roberts
BM33A – Pryces Line, Mt Biggs
Route Map Ride description BM33A - Pryces Line, Mt Biggs Distance: 92km Description: Vogel street, Roberts Line , Newbury, Campbells Road, Makino Rd to Pryces line, Mt Stewart Halcombe Rd, Mt Biggs School, Sandon Rd Back though Fielding and return...