Event Reports

Details: Written by Vaughan Hunt; Created: 16 March 2011

I went up to Taupo to support BeanCycling mate Soren Hall in his IronMan event. Missed last year’s event and was looking forward to seeing what an IronMan event is really like!

We planned to get there in time to see the Transition from the swim to the bike, but a truck crash in the Desert Road had us detoured round the Ohakune side and when we got to Taupo Soren was already on the bike.

Read more: IronMan Taupo – 2011

Details: Written by Matthijs van Wagtendonk; Created: 10 March 2011

35 riders took out for round 7 of the Wednesday night ITT summer series. Good conditions saw quite some riders riding their best performance of the series. Just a reminder next week round 8 is the last round to collect points for the points table. Round 9 is prize giving round.

Results

Details: Written by Glenys Taylor; Created: 15 March 2011

Sunday 13 March saw six riders from the Manawatu head down to Masterton for the 40km national time trial championship. The event is raced in the same five year age grades used at national events.

It is an out and back course running 20km south from Masterton to a few kilometers past Gladstone and back. It is slightly downhill out and slightly uphill on the return journey. The best wind direction is a tail wind coming back up the false flat. On Sunday the riders were faced with a head wind, so it was a matter of getting to the turn as quickly as possible and trying to limit time losses coming back.

Details: Written by Glenys Taylor; Created: 09 March 2011

Tonight was the second event for the club champs, the 1 Lap (400m) Scratch Race. Remember you need to have joined and paid your membership with Bike Manawatu to be eligible for points towards the club champs. There are 3 events remaining for A and B grade riders held over the next 2 weeks: