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Manfeild 6 Hour – 2025
Merry Christmas 2024
A rare fundraiser please – Last day to order today!
As many of you are aware, Strat Ellingham had a nasty accident on his bike ride and has been in Burwood hospital for a while now. He is making good progress and is even more dedicated to this than he was training on his bike for world champs. In order to raise some...
Bike Manawatu Woolworths Cup – July 2024
What an amazing morning for racing. Please let us know if we have anything wrong in the order of results. Some times were estimated using the video footage. https://www.webscorer.com/race?pid=1&raceid=360074
Interested in trying Cyclocross?
The Hawkes Bay club run a weekly series if anyone is interested in giving it a go.
Ever wanted to become a commissaire?
Cycling NZ RTX technical panel have opened up expressions of interest to those wanting to take part in a commissaire course to become a trained Regional RTX commissaire. If you are interested please click this form https://forms.office.com/r/qwman0VTrR?origin=lprLink...
2024 AGM – Save the Date
2024 AGM & Track Prizegiving 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 7th June 2024 Time: TBC but will be approx 5.30pm - 6pm...
BikeManawatu Racing in 2024
Hope 2024 has started well for everyone. Following on from our Christmas break, Bike Manawatu and our sponsors are very excited to announce a racing calendar for the next couple of months. We are working with a skeleton crew, so it’s all hands on deck to supply our...
Ian Gray, a pivotal figure of Manawatu Cycling
From the Cycling New Zealand Spotlight Newsletter Palmerston North’s Ian Gray has been a keen cyclist, cycle shop owner, cycling advocate, coach and mentor for over 60 years. Recently cycling historian and author can be added to his long list of contributions to the...
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...
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 &...
BM05 – Ashhurst Valley Rd
Route Map Ride description BM05 – Ashhurst Valley Rd Distance: 57km Description: Ashhurst Valley Rd Napier Rd, Ashhurst, Pohangina Rd, Valley Rd, Colyton, Left to Watershed Rd Hiwinui, Bunnythorpe Rd Kelvin Grove Rd, Tremain Ave
BM04 – Ashhurst Hiwinui
Route Map Ride description Distance: 35km Description: Ashhurst Hiwinui Napier Rd, Ashhurst, Oxford St, Watershed Rd, Hiwinui, Bunnythorpe Rd left into Kelvin D Grove Rd Tremain...
BM09A – Totara Reserve Return
Route Map Ride description BM09A – Totara Reserve Return Distance: 72km Description: Totara Reserve Return Napier Rd, Ashhurst, Raumai, Pohangina Valley Rd East, Turn back at Highland Home, Home via Ashhurst
BM09B – Pohangina Village Return
Route Map Ride description Distance: 53km Description: Pohangina Village Return Napier Rd, Ashhurst, Raumai, Turn back at Pohangina Village, Home via...
BM09C – Ashhurst, Oxford St, Bunnythorpe
Route Map Ride description Distance: 39km Description: Ashhurst, Oxford St, Bunnythorpe Napier Rd, Ashhurst, Oxford St, Watershed , Reids Line E, Dixons, Bunnythorpe, Tutaki, Kelvin Grove Rd,...
BM27A – Feilding Halcombe Colyton
Route Map Ride description BM27A – Feilding Halcombe Colyton Distance: 83km Description: Stoney Creek Rd, Feilding, Sandon Rd, Mt Biggs, Mt Biggs Rd, Halcombe Stanway, Makino Rd, Colyton Rd, Colyton, Taonui Rd, Campbell Rd, Bunnythorpe, Tutaki Rd, Home
BM27C – Bunnythorpe Reids Line
Route Map Ride description Distance: 45km Description: Stoney Creek Rd, KelvinGrove Rd, Ashurst-Bunnythorpe Rd, Nanstead Line, Reids line, Aorangi Rd, Campbell Rd, Bunnythorpe, Tutaki, Kelvingrove Rd,...
BM30C – Opiki Linton
Route Map Ride description BM30C – Opiki Linton Distance: 46km Description: Vogel St, Tremaine Ave, No1 Line, SH56, Opiki, Tane Road, Linton Drain Rd, SH57 to Esplanade Cafe
BM30B – Bunnythorpe Opiki Linton
Route Map Ride description BM30B – Bunnythorpe Opiki Linton Distance: 66km Description: Railway Rd, Kairanga Bunnythorpe, Roberts, Newbury line, across SH3, Rongotea Rd, Lockwood Rd, Hohere Rd, Main Drain , SH56, Right to Opiki , Tane Rd, Linton Drain Rd, SH 57, to...
BM30A – Feilding Awahuri Opiki Linton
Route Map Ride description BM30A – Feilding Awahuri Opiki Linton Distance: 75km Description: Napier Rd, Stoney Creek, Campbells Line to Feilding, South St, Kawakawa Rd, Awahuri, Green Road, Rongotea Rd, Lockwood Rd, Hohere Rd, SH56, Opiki, Tane Rd, Linton Drain Rd,...