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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...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 10th February 2023
Friday 10th February Elite & U19 Road National Championships (Day 1/3) Saturday 11th February Elite & U19 Road National Championships (Day 2/3) Sunday 12th February BM Track Race Meeting 1 – 4pm Elite & U19 Road National Championships (Day 3/3) Wellington...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 3rd February 2023
Up & Coming Events for week ending 3rd February 2023 Wednesday 1st February BM Track Race Meeting 6 – 8pm Saturday 4th February NZ Masters Games Whanganui (Day 1/3) Sunday 5th February BM Track Race Meeting 1 – 4pm BikeManawatu Sunday Recreational Ride NZ Masters...
Bike Manawatu Summer Race Series Feb – March 2023
SUMMER RACING – POINTS SERIES Hopefully you have seen our summer racing calendar; Tuesday 31st January - Kairanga ITT Thursday 16th Feb - Akers Road (Graded RR) Tuesday 28th Feb - Woolworths Cup – feilding (H’cap) Tuesday 7th March - A1 Loops (Graded RR) Tuesday 21st...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 27th January 2023
Up & Coming Events for week ending 27th January 2023 Sunday 29th January BM Track Race Meeting – 1- 4pm Tuesday 31st January Kairanga ITT Wednesday 1st February BM Track Race Meeting 6 – 8pm Monday 6th February BM Track Club Champs #2 - 2000m IP 2 – 6pm Wednesday...
Welcome to 2023
Welcome to the new year - We are excited to see what 2023 has in store for our members. We are already well and truly half way through January and the calendar is filling up thick and fast with many events regionally and nationally. This weekend will see the Gravel...
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...
AGRN 2022
Congratulations to everyone who attended Age Group Road Nationals in Hokitika this year. A massive thank you to Cheryl Murphy who put her hand up to manage our team and to Jo Coxon for great photos and updates along with each and everyone of our supporters who made...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 27 April 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 27 April 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 &...
Save The Date – Bike Manawatu AGM & Prizegiving – Friday 10th June 2022
SAVE THE DATE 2022 Bike Manawatu AGM - NEW DATE Date: Friday 10th June 2022 Time: 6.00pm Venue: Marist Sports Club, 19 Pascal Street, Palmerston North Due to being an extremely busy time of year, our Bike Manawatu board have decided to move our AGM to Friday 19th June...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 22 April 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 22 April 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 &...
Up & Coming Events for week ending 08 April 2022
Up & Coming Events for week ending 08 April 2022 Changes to the traffic light System from 11:59pm 25 March & 4 April 2022 Bike Manawatu Covid Road & Track Guidelines Bike Manawatu Recreational Rides Covid Guidelines Sport NZ How Sport and Recreation will...
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...
BM19-Old West Rd plus Aoukautere block
Route Map Ride description BM19-Old West Rd plus Aoukautere block Distance: 41km Description: Old West Rd plus Aoukautere block Fitzroy St, Ferguson St, Albert St, Te Awe Awe St, Fitzherbert Tennant Drive, oldwest Rd. Early departure home or Rt Aokautere Drive to...