Feilding Festival this Sunday

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.

BM Feilding Festival of Cycling-This Sunday.

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This Sunday get your bike and yourself across to Feilding for the popular annual Feilding Festival of Cycling rides followed by a fun lunch together and our prize giving. Four fantastic rides cater for all cycling people wanting to ride either the recreational 20k,50k,90k rides or for the serious riders the Joe Allan classic,85k to Apiti and back. At only $10 or $20 for the recreational rides this is something every rider no matter what level should say “Yes” too.
Registrations start from 7.15am but no later than 30 minutes before your ride at Timona Park.Simon street off Kimbolton road.
Start times are:1)8.30am Joe Allen Classic 85k,2) 9.30am Morgans Property Advisors 90k 3) 10.30am Property Brokers 50k 4) 10am Bulls Medical Centre 20k.
Full details at www.feildingfestivalofcycling.co.nz See you there.

BM Winter Series.

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Last Saturday I congratulate a variety of different ages and levels of 23 Bike Manawatu Riders challenge there own abilities in stage 3 of “BM Winter Series” held in the picturesque Pohingina valley. Our region is a stunning place to ride and this two lap 25k circuit definitely challenges people of equally ability who like to ride together. The young guys and girls battling to win there respective duals and the masters men and women keen to do well also. Check out the results and well done to all who competed.
We would like to improve on the numbers of masters riders for these events and invite all masters riders to consider getting your riding groups together and joining us for the next stage of our BM Winter Series on the 2nd of October.
As the weather improves Check out all up coming events and details on the BM website, newsletter or Facebook. Cycling can only help your fitness and it’s fun meeting lots of different people in the process.