Strava Distance Challenge – Final results

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.

We cracked the 10,000 km mark. What a team. After a month’s riding through some less than tropical weather the total distance completed by the team for the strava challenge was 10,214 km. Great riding. Some completed over 1000 km for the month. Some didn’t ride quite so far as they are still waiting for summer to arrive. Jess Hamilton rode the furthest distance of 1318 km. Well done.

Strava is just a bit of fun. You could even be the “King of the Mountain” over some segment on the road. It could even be a flat section of road. It doesn’t matter. There are at least 50 segments that have now been mapped in Strava and if you want your moment of glory just map a course no one else rides on, create a segment and you’ll be the KoM, the champion until someone else rides faster than you over the segment. You’ll even generate kudos. The all-important virtual kudos is very important for the image.

Watch out for the next challenge.

Safe riding