We Are Cycling In The Manawatu
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A Pleasant Ride in the Coromandel Hills…Sort of!
It is Sunday 13 December and five riders from the Manawatu (along with 50 riders from the Waikato and Auckland Region) are tackling the Waihi Midsummer Madness time trial. It has to be the toughest time trial event in New Zealand. I make it 127km with about 1360...
Tour de Vineyards … Hot & Hard!
A last minute decision to enter this tour was a good one, to race with New Zealands top elite riders was a real eye opener. I was a really nervous at the start but learnt plenty of skills from the guys, it’s a lot different riding from your average local fun ride....
HUB TOUR 15/17 JAN 2010
The weather wasn’t too inviting this year for the 2010 Hub Tour in the beautiful Hawkes Bay, but the results for our Marist riders where excellent. Sjoerd van Wagtendonk and Luke McCarthy rode A-Grade with an impressive field of riders including Michael Torkler, Tom...
The LION Foundation Wellington-Auckland Cycle Challenge
A couple of weeks after my Aussie 900+ km adventure Christine and I lined up for the start of the 13 stage 750 km cycle challenge from Wellington to Auckland. Initially I thought the stage style of ride would be out of my comfort zone as I would normally have...
WCNI TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS 22/24 JAN 2010
The Wanganui weather managed to hold off for the first night of racing with some exciting time trials and scratch races for Marist and Feilding riders. Kate Stewart rode in her first ever track competition and won the U15 500m TT quite convincingly. Mark Findlay,...