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- Written by Vaughan Hunt
Palmerston North cyclists riding to Taupo risked hypothermia as they battled freezing rain and single figure temperatures on the first half of their fundraising challenge yesterday.
But after the "psychological barrier" of the Desert Rd summit, where it was 5 degrees Celsius, spirits lifted for the downhill and increasingly fine ride into Taupo.
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- Written by Mark Waterland
The West Coast North Island Road Race Championship was held in Wanganui on Sunday, April 9th.
The courses were the same as for the Club Nationals to be held in early May. The longer course starts with a flat section from Brunswick Hall before descending down, eventually to SH3. A gentle climb, followed by a slightly less gentle climb on SH3 is followed by a short, tricky descent over a railway crossing to the last, shorter but steeper climb up Western Line back to the finish.
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- Written by Colin Anderson
Dedicated to the memory of regular Manawatu Masters Club member the late Eric Kells—CANTEEN fundraise www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/500km/
Well it all started in a hiss & a roar, a new age in Endurance cycling—the Young bucks have arrived & are keen to boogie. Got to be good for the Sport with this new interest, but heh !!—not so good for the almost OAP cyclist.
Once the group of 8 starters (from 11 entrants) reached the Grove road bridge, attack after attack seemed to be the *order* of the day. I joined in the *games* with caution, hell we’d only ridden about 15k, and still had 485k to go.
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- Written by Glenys Taylor
The prizegiving for road bikes on the track and track bikes was held on Tuesday night. We had a great turn out of riders and parents and supporters.
The evening started with a welcome from Paul van Velthooven, chairperson of the Bike Manawatu board. He commented on the approaching date for the announcement of the successful bid for the Cycling Centre of Excellence.
Greg Bryan gave a summary of the Monday night road bikes. Only 1 night was cancelled during the season and that was due to wind. A range of ages were catered for. Everyone improved over the season. This could be verified by looking at times for selected events at the start of the season and comparing them to times for the same events later in the season.
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A good turn out including some late entries enjoyed the new course along Tangimoana Rd.
A mail drop had been done along the road a few days before the event which meant that a few of the locals came out and sat at their gates to clap and cheer for the riders as they went past.
A slight wind was apparent but it did not stop some good times being recorded – a stellar effort – from Matiu Kaihau who posted the fastest time on the 25km course.