Equipment from trailer

Despite the current ‘cost of living challenges’ facing all community events, Bike Manawatu is 100% committed to ensuring the 51st year of the Novice Tour – once again provides a safe, fun, competitive cycle racing event.

We will adopt a high-quality assured approach in implementing the Local Roading Authority’s/Cycling New Zealand’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) standards which ensure best practices and rider and spectator safety.

If the level of community funding secured is not sufficient to contract in external road management service providers with the ability to stop/go traffic, the Novice Tour will proceed on a ‘local club racing’ model, whereby our team of trained/experienced road marshals will, where necessary, pause racing in order to give way to traffic and ensure rider safety.

Although funding external road management services with the ability to stop/go traffic is ideal, if this is not feasible – we are confident that the event’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) will provide a competitive, fair, enjoyable and importantly safe racing environment.

Irrespective of which model of traffic management/racing is finalised, as with all CNZ/Bike Manawatu events, normal road rules will apply and a full rider briefing confirming the event rules will be provided to all riders prior to the start of each race.

The club trailer is often taken to events and equipment is used. Inside the trailer there has been cones, hi viz vests, stands for signs, signs, sand bags and finish flags as well as other bits and pieces.

Over time some of these items have been removed and not returned.

We are shortly going to be undertaking a full stocktake of all of the BM equipment that is either in the trailer, Feilding clubrooms or at Marist clubrooms. So if you have some equipment that you are storing in your garage that should be in the trailer or elsewhere can you please get in contact with either Steve Stannard 021 809 597 or Glenys Taylor 021 260 5536 or email secretary@bikemanawatu.co.nz and let them know what you have and where it can be collected from or drop it off to Sport Manawatu 50 Queen St Palmerston North. .