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Slicks and Stones Gravel Assault
Calling all gravel riders. Get more out of that “Other Bike” and support this local event Slicks and Stones Gravel Assault Don't miss out on this amazing weekend of adventure in Manawatu! Register now for both the Slicks and Stones Gravel Assault and the Arapuke...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 17th March 2023
Saturday 18th March Masters Track National Championships (Day 3/3) Sunday 19th March BM Track Closing Track Meeting 1 – 4pm Wellington Track Wellington Cup R4 Bikemanawatu Sunday Recreational Ride Tuesday 21st March Colyton Hiwinui Graded Road Race 6pm Sunday...
Tuesday Night Recreational Rides
Garry buys is pleased to announce that from Tuesday 4 April (first ride after daylight savings finishes) there will be 2 rides running from Evo cycles on Tuesday’s and Thursdays. In addition to our usual shop ride, Michelle will be organising a shorter ride for those...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 3rd March 2023
Friday 3rd March Track National Championships (Day 3/5) Saturday 4th March Track National Championships (Day 4/5) Sunday 5th March BM Track Race Meeting 1 – 4pm Track National Championships (Day 5/5) Bikemanawatu Sunday Recreational Ride Tuesday 7th March A1 Loops...
Laskey’s Bush Cycle Tour 2023
Laskey's Bush Cycle Tour BUSH CYCLE TOUR – SATURDAY 11 MARCH 2023 A wonderful ride, with race lengths and options for the whole family. Organised by the Paihiatua Lions Club. Register online via the link below by 6th March 2023, or see the event flyer (linked below)...
ITT helmet for sale
For Sale: ITT Helmet Size M/L 55-61 cm $100 Please contact Mike Lucinsky 0272676478
2023 6 hour challenge
Manfeild 6 Hour 2023 SUNDAY 14th MAY 2023 Ride Solo or create a team. This is a great opportunity to grab your mates and create a team. Think friend group, workplace, school group and everything in between to create a team of up to 4 riders. Have fun, get fit and...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 24th February 2023
Sunday 26th February BM Track Club Champs #3 & #4 – Scratch Racing & Flying 200m TT 1 – 4pm BikeManawatu Sunday Recreational Ride Tuesday 28th February Woolworths Cup Wednesday 1st March Track National Championships (Day 1/5) Thursday 2nd March Track National...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 17th February 2023
Sunday 19th February BM Track Carnival 12 – 4pm BikeManawatu Sunday Recreational Ride Wednesday 22nd February BM Track Training (Nationals riders only) 6 – 7:30pm Sunday 26th February BM Track Club Champs #3 & #4 – Scratch Racing & Flying 200m TT 1 – 4pm...
A short survey about Sunday recreational rides
Hi All Last chance to give us feedback on the way we plan our Sunday ride routes. Please complete this short survey
Great turn out from Bike Manawatu for Race 2 of the Kapiti Winter Series
Kapiti turned on another stunning day for us for race 2 of their Winter Series, and we had a great turnout from Bike Manawatu - it’s great to get some racing in the legs, and support another clubs event. We had 2 riders in A grade with Philipp Vranek in 5th place and...
Bike Manawatu Uniform Orders are now open! Orders close 25th July 2022
Bike Manawatu Uniform Orders are now open! Now is the time to make sure your Bike Manawatu uniform is ready for this seasons Trust House cycling series. Orders will close on Monday 25th July 2022 with an estimated delivery date of Friday 26th August 2022 (This will be...
Fundraiser for Georgia Simpson heading to the Junior World Track Cycling Champs
There is going to be a fundraising event held for Georgia Simpson to represent New Zealand at the Junior World Track Cycling Championships 23-28th of August in Israel. This is a self-funded trip. Please see the attached poster for information and how to purchase...
Recreational Riders – Safety
Recreational Riders - Safety While it’s okay to challenge yourself, our recreational rides are social and are designed to keep our bunches together and not dropping riders, all while doing so safely and having fun before a nice social stop at the local coffee shop....
Up & Coming Events for week ending 1st July 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 1st July 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 &...
Changes to the Sunday Ride Route Planning
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...
Sunday Rides Meeting Wednesday 15th June 2022
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,...
2022 Trusthouse Teams Series
After another hugely successful time for local riders in the 2021 series, we at Bike Manawatu are in the process of putting together our teams for this years Trusthouse Teams Series. This series has 4 categories/grades and is run over 5 races from September to...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 17th June 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 17th June 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 &...
2022 Trusthouse Teams Series
2022 Trusthouse Teams Series After another hugely successful time for local riders in the 2021 series, we at Bike Manawatu are in the process of putting together our teams for this years Trusthouse Teams Series. This series has 4 categories/grades and is run over 5...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 27th May 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 27th May 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 &...
Notice of 2022 Bike Manawatu Annual General Meeting
Greetings Members & Supporters Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Bike Manawatu Inc will be held as follows: Date: Friday 10th June 2022 Time: 6.00pm Venue: Marist Sports Club, 19 Pascal Street, Palmerston North We will host our Road...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 20th May 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 20th May 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 &...
2022 AGM & Prizegiving
Greetings Members & Supporters On behalf of the Bike Manawatu board we wish to invite you all to our Annual General Meeting & Road & Track Prizegiving. Details are as follows: Date: Friday 10th June 2022 Time: 6.00pm Venue: Marist Sports Club, 19...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 13th May 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 13th May 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 &...
Manfeild 6 Hour Cycle Challenge 2022 Cancelled
On behalf of Bike Manawatu and our Manfeild 6 Hour organising committee we regret to inform you that we have made the sad decision to cancel this years event. With low registrations to date and the uncertainty of IF they will pick up, the risk has unfortunately...
April 2022 Update
The Great It’s been a pretty full on start to the year. Sliding out from the shadows of covid restrictions we were able to run a very successful mid week twilight road race series. This tied in with an ITT series and Woolworths handicap race which was a cracker. All...
The Ramblers Hawkes Bay Tour 2022
Hawkes Bay Tour 2022 On behalf of our friends over at Ramblers Cycling Club please find below information about their up and coming tour. Saturday 4th - Sunday 5th June 2022 at Ohiti Rd (self-contained campers are welcome) Saturday 4 June 2022 Stage 1 9am - 58 km road...
Open Interclub Road Race 15.05.2022
OPEN Interclub Road Race You may have seen that we have recently had to make the tough decision to cancel our Manfeild 6 Hour Cycle Challenge. We had this date all lined up for a great endurance event and although we have had to cancel we still want to be able to put...
BM29A – Longburn, Main Drain, Lockwood Rd
Route Map Ride description BM29A – Longburn, Main Drain, Lockwood Rd Distance: 48km Description: College St, Pioneer Hwy, SH56, Longburn, Main Drain, Hoihere Rd, Lockwood Rd, Aranui Rd, Gillespies Line,...
BM26C – Main Drain, Penny Rd, Sandon Rd, Feilding
Route Map Ride description BM26C – Main Drain, Penny Rd, Sandon Rd, Feilding Distance: 93km Description: Tremaine Ave, Gillespies Line, KB Road, Hoihere Rd, Main Drain, Taikorea Rd, Kellow Rd, Penney Rd, Mt Biggs, Sandon Rd, Feilding, Campbell Rd,...
BM50 – Mangaweka
Route Map Ride description BM50 – Mangaweka Distance: 91km Description: Mangaweka, Kimbolton, Colyton Campbell Rd, Home
BM20B – Kopane, Feilding
Route Map Ride description BM20B – Kopane, Feilding Distance: 48km Description: Gillespies Line, KB Road, Rongotea Rd, Greens Rd, Feilding, Campbell Rd, Stoney Creek,...
BM01A Makino Road via Beaconsfield
Route Map Ride description BM50 – Makino Road via Beaconsfield Distance: 72km Description: Railway road to Bunnythorpe Campbells Line through Feilding Kimbolton Road Haynes Line, Beaconsfield Mackays Line Makino and back through...
BM50 – Brass Monkey Ride
Route Map Ride description BM50 – Tane, Rongamai, Hukanui, Scarborough Distance: 57km Description: Route starts at the Black Stump Cafe, Main Street (ANZ corner)...
BM30 – Track Saddle
Route Map Ride description BM30 – Track Saddle Distance: 67km Description: Track Saddle Fitzroy, Ruahine, Pahiatua St, Te Awe Awe, Summerhill, Pahiatua Track, Balance Valley Rd, Woodville, Woodlands Rd, Saddle Rd Ashhurst and back to town
BM26E – Lockwood, Hoihere, Bainesse
Route Map Ride description BM26E – Bainesse, Hoihere, Lockwood Distance: 52km Description: Lockwood, Hoihere, Bainesse Fitzroy, Ruahine, Te Awe Awe, Park Rd, Gillespies, Aranui , rongotea Rd , Lockwood , Hoheri Road , Main Drain to SH56 and back to...
BM16 – Mangaone Hill, Stanway
Route Map Ride description BM16 – Mangaone Hill, Stanway Distance: 83km Description: Mangaone Hill, Stanway Napier Rd, Stoney Creek Rd, Campbell’s line, Lethbridge Rd, Makino Rd, left up Mangaone Hill to Halcome, Rt up Stanway Rd, back down Makino Rd Campbell’s line...
BM18 – Taonui Rd Northbound
Route Map Ride description BM18-Taonui Rd Northbound Distance: 83km Description: Taonui Rd Northbound Napier Rd to Ashhurst, Oxford St, Colyton Rd to the top of Watershed Rd hill. Through to Taonui Rd Rt up Taonui northwards past the Valley Rd turnoff and all the way...