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John Lithgow – RIP
It is very hard to write a Dear John letter, especially for someone you have known for so long and have nothing but admiration for. John was certainly a family man, myself and I am sure all club members would like to go out to Liz, Daniel, Kate, and Andrew with our...
RIP John Lithgow
John Lithgow 21.10.1947 6.6.2023 Such a tragic end to his life & a shock to everyone involved in the Palmy Cycling clubs/groups. No matter how/why this accident occurred it is a grim reminder that we all (road users, cycle, car, truck whatever must somehow :Share...
Getting back racing
Before anything else, the Bike Manawatu community acknowledge the passing of John Lithgow earlier this week. Colin Anderson, Garry Buys and Chris James were kind enough to jot down a few words about John with his family’s blessing which Vaughan has published. He will...
AGRN and AGM
Last weekend Bike Manawatu was well represented at the Age Group Road Nationals with 7 riders making the journey to Timaru. 3 of those riders stood on the podium during the weekend with Colin Anderson, Glenn Kirk and Filip Martin taking 3rd, 3rd and 2nd respectively...
AGRN and more.
Good luck to our riders Colin Anderson, Tomo, Toshi, Glenn Kirk, Chris Hansen, Benjamin Murphy, Filip Martin who have ventured to Timaru for the Age Group Road Nationals this weekend. All very capable of stepping onto the podium on their day. Results can be found on...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 31stMarch 2023
Friday 28th April Bike Manawatu AGM 6pm Marist Clubrooms Sunday 14th May 2023 Manfeild 6 Hour Cycle Challenge 2023 #Ride2Raise All other non Bike Manawatu events can also be found on our club calendar here
2023 AGM – Save the Date
2023 AGM Greetings Members & Supporters On behalf of the Bike Manawatu board we wish to invite you all to our Annual General Meeting. Details are as follows: Date: Friday 28th April 2023 Time: 6.00pm Venue: Marist Sports Club, 19 Pascal Street, Palmerston...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 24th March 2023
Up & Coming Events for week ending 24th March 2023 Sunday 26th March Pedal 4 Pleasure Bikemanawatu Sunday Recreational Ride Tuesday 28th March Kairanga ITT Friday 28th April Bike Manawatu AGM 6pm Marist Clubrooms Sunday 14th May 2023 Manfeild 6 Hour Cycle...
Marton’s Pedal 4 Pleasure 2023
Marton's Pedal 4 Pleasure Sunday March 26, 2023 Wilson Park, Marton alongside Marton’s “Harvest Festival”. There will be three cycling courses available, each designed to suit the needs/requirements/abilities of the various cyclists taking part. Each course is to be...
Trust House Cycling Series Race 4 2022
Manawatu riders had another great day out in Sunday’s race in the North Island Trusthouse Series. Yesterdays race was the ‘queen stage’ with a hilltop finish. Race organisers made the decision to remove two riders from CAT2, meaning WCNI’s Sam Wade got the honour of...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 11th November 2022
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 Manawatu Uniform Orders 2023
Bike Manawatu Uniform Orders Now is the time to make sure your Bike Manawatu uniform is ready for all of the up and coming National events both Road & Track. We have sought clarification from Cycling New Zealand and the guidance we got from RTX for all road and...
Students Riding For Hope – Gumboot Friday – I AM HOPE 2022
Students Riding For Hope - Gumboot Friday - I AM HOPE 2022 After such success last year a small group of Manawatu students once again set their sights high and headed back to Johnston Park on Friday 4th November and rode for 12hours from 7am to7pm to raise money for a...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 4th November 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 4th November 2022 Sunday 6th November Forest Hill Road Hill Climb Bike Manawatu Track Racing 1:00pm – 4:00pm Tuesday 8th November Manfeild Points Race 1/2 Wednesday 09th November Bike Manawtau Track Training 6:00pm – 7:30pm...
Trust House Series Race 3 – 2022
Sunday was Race 3 of the North Island Trusthouse Series. This was undoubtedly the toughest course that we will be riding this series. The race departed from Martinborough and headed towards Tora before turning back at approx 35 kms, and before returning to...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 14th October 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 14th October 2022 Please note Bike Manawatu requires all riders wishing to attend any of our road races or attend our track season to pre register accordingly – No late entries on the day will be accepted Novice Tour Volunteers...
Junior World Track Champs 2022 – Tel Aviv, Israel
By Georgia Simpson. I would first like to thank everyone for the amazing support they gave me on my journey to the Track Cycling World Champs this year. This was an experience of a lifetime and will be cherished for the rest of my life. Now starting to fully recover...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 30th September 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 30th September 2022 Please note Bike Manawatu requires all riders wishing to attend any of our road races or attend our track season to pre register accordingly – No late entries on the day will be accepted Novice Tour Volunteers...
Round 3 National Track Series Event for 2022
NTS round #3 Wilson Hannon -first NTS this season went out there and impressed. Footing it with the best including the junior worlds team members coming away with some very inspiring results. Including 2nd the points race and 2nd in the Kerin. Ben Murphy continues to...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 16th September 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 16th September 2022 Please note Bike Manawatu requires all riders wishing to attend any of our road races or attend our track season to pre register accordingly – No late entries on the day will be accepted Novice Tour Volunteers...
Bike Manawatu Track Cycling 2022
When: Saturday 8th October & Sunday 9th October 2022 Time: 1:00pm - 3.30pm Where: Johnston Park, Velodrome - Drake Street, Feilding What to bring: Helmet, Gloves, Water Bottle, Warm Jacket, Cycle Shoes & Pedals (if you have them) *Free Track Bikes Provided for...
First 2022 Trust House Race
Sunday was the first race in this years Trusthouse North Island Teams Series. We didn’t have as many Manawatu based teams entered this year, but we were still well represented by our local riders. The day started a little cold and wet, but as the first grades went,...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 9th September 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 9th September 2022 Please note Bike Manawatu requires all riders wishing to attend any of our road races or attend our track season to pre register accordingly – No late entries on the day will be accepted 2022 Memberships &...
Bike Manawatu First Aid, Commissaire, Traffic Management Survey
As we get closer to kick start our spring Road & Track season, we would like to gather some helpful information to ensure we are well equipped for a great season. Cycling is a great sport, but it takes many amazing volunteers & skills to ensure races can be...
Bike Manawatu riders support daffodil day fundraiser
4 Manawatu riders traveled to New Plymouth to take part in a charity ride around Mount Taranaki on Daffodil Day to raise funds for the Cancer Society. Wayne Fage, Rob Ryan, Brady Kennett and Mike Dunne endured over 185kms of rain and cold weather to complete the...
Spring – Summer Racing Plans 2022
Bike Manawatu would like to let our riders know that we have our draft calendar in progress and are in the process of having our Spring / Summer traffic management plans approved. Our racing schedule will hopefully look a little like this: Tuesday 27th September - A1...
Sunday recreational ride route survey results
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...
Novice Tour 2022
Novice Tour 2022 Junior Tour - Under 13 - Under 19 Boys & Girls 2 Days - 3 Stages 29th - 30th October 2022 Halcombe https://bikemanawatu.co.nz/novice-tour/ Click here to register Volunteers Needed We are actively seeking more volunteers to help us with...
Event Traffic Management Workshop
Volunteers are a critical part of our club being able to run events. Keeping those volunteers safe whilst keeping the athletes safe is also vital to all events. To help us offer safe events for everyone involved our lovely friends over at the Manawatu Triathlon Club...
BM27D – Hiwinui, Ashhurst, Pahitua Track
Route Map Ride description BM27D – Hiwinui, Ashhurst, Pahitua Track Distance: 60km Description: Napier Rd, Stoney Crk Rd, Bunnythorpe, right up Dixon’s Ln, right up Reid’s Ln East, Hiwinui, left to Watershed, right down to Ashhurst, cross the Manawatu...
BM31D – Kakariki, Hunterville, Stormy Point
Route Map Ride description BM31D – Kakariki, Hunterville, Stormy Point Distance: 144km Description: Stoney Creek Road, Campbells Road, Feilding, Sandon Road to Mt Biggs, Ngaio Road and Mingaroa Road to Kakariki, SH 1 to Hunterville. From...
BM31C – Beaconsfield, Stanway, Halcombe, Feilding
Route Map Ride description BM31C – Beaconsfield, Stanway, Halcombe, Feilding Distance: 103km Description: Stoney Creak, Bunnythorpe, Dixons Line, Reid Line East, Colyton, Kimbolton Rd, Cheltenham, Haynes Line, Beaconsfield, McKays Line, Makino Rd,...
BM31B – Colyton, Cinders Hill, Feilding
Route Map Ride description BM31B – Colyton, Cinders Hill, Feilding Distance: 73km Description: Stoney Creak, Bunnythorpe, Dixons Line, Reid Line East, Colyton, ,Kimbolton Rd, Cinders Hill, McKays Line, Makino Rd, Campbell Road, Ruff Road, KB to Roberts...
BM32C – Feilding, Awahuri
Route Map Ride description BM32C – Feilding, Awahuri Distance: 50km Description: Vogel St, Railway Rd, Roberts Line, Newbury Line , Campbel Rd, Feilding, Awahuri , Green Rd, Rongotea Rd, Aranui, Gillespies Line and Home.
BM32B – Feilding, Mt Stewart, Rongotea
Route Map Ride description BM32B – Feilding, Mt Stewart, Rongotea Distance: 66km Description: Vogel St, Railway Rd, Roberts Line, Newbury Line , Campbel Rd, Feilding, Sandon Rd, Mt Stewart, Penny Rd, Waitohi Rd, Rongotea, Longbern-Rongotea Rd,...
BM32A – Feilding, Ohakea, Rongotea
Route Map Ride description BM32A – Feilding, Ohakea, Rongotea Distance: 92km Description: Vogel St, Railway Rd, Roberts Line, Newbury Line , Campbell Rd, Feilding, Sandon Rd, Ngaio Rd, Wilson Rd, Ohakea, Tangimoana Rd, Campion Rd, Rongotea, Glen-Oroua, Main Drain,...
BM31A – Colyton, Feilding
Route Map Ride description BM31A – Colyton, Feilding Distance: 53km Description: Vogel St, Railway Rd, Roberts Line, Nannestads Line , Colyton, Kimbolton , Norfolk Cr , Reid Line Makino Back via Campbells , Ruff Road, KB to Roberts...
BM29C – Longburn, Main Drain, Mt Biggs, Feilding Watershed
Route Map Ride description BM29C – Longburn, Main Drain, Mt Biggs, Feilding Watershed Distance: 95km Description: College St, Pioneer Hwy, SH56, Longburn, Main Drain, Rongotea, Penny Rd, Sandon Rd, Feilding, Cambell Rd, Nannestede Line, Reid Line East,...
BM29B – Longburn, Main Drain, Mt Biggs, Feilding
Route Map Ride description BM29B – Longburn, Main Drain, Mt Biggs, Feilding Distance: 78km Description: College St, Pioneer Hwy, SH56, Longburn, Main Drain, Rongotea, Penny Rd, Sandon Rd, Feilding, Cambell Rd, Waughs Rd, KB Line, Roberts Line and...