Hello,

some weekend reading between riding for you..........

Road riding

Trainer Wheels

Are you keen to cycle around the Lake, never done it before, give it a go and trainer wheels is here to help.

If you're keen to do trainer wheels programme and do not have a bike - bikes available at sport waikato to borrow for $20 for 6 weeks to get started contact Aniek 021 827642..

Training weekends will be 18/19 Sept and 9/10 October

Sunday Cycle Ride

9am. Leaving from the Taupo Event Center car-park. Caters for all abilities from beginners to Olympic athletes. No one gets left behind, is friendly & Coffee afterwards

See: http://www.trisporttaupo.co.nz/

Sunday Morning social rides

These rides leave from outside Farmers, Tuwharetoa Street (Next to McDonalds drivethru) Taupo in winter 9am from the 6th of June 2010. The rides vary in distance & terrain throughout the year, but usually around 60km-80km, average speed between 25-28km per hr

Club racing

every Tuesday evening @ 6.00pm.

Meet @ Taupo Car Club racetrack, at the new start /finish line 6.00pm. (entry off Quarry Rd, Main Entrance)This is a graded event. Caters for all levels of ability.

Racing will commence Fine or Wet Weather. Lights front and rear required for winter.

Taupo Velodrome

Situated in Owen Delany Park, Centennial Drive Taupo

(Track Lighting on Monday/Wednesday/Thursday evenings)

Taupo Cycling Club runs social track racing every Wednesday evening, 6.00pm at the Velodrome. The evening caters for age groups from 12yrs & above. This evening provides fun activities & novelty races

The night usually provides plenty of exercise & fun. Please bring your own pedals, shoes and of course helmet

Club track bikes are available for newbies! (Club membership required)

BMX

Club ride

Racing starts @10am on Saturdays

Come give BMX a go – BMX bikes and helmets can be hired at the track. (Minimal rate)

Taupo Mountain Bike Club

Pack & Pedal Winter Night Series

Started Thursday29th July for 6 weeks.

• Thursday Nights at Craters of the Moon
• Registration from 5:30pm
• Race start 6:00pm
• $5.00 non members, free for members.

Course for first 2 weeks:

Car park > LHL1 > Tank Stand > Outback (first part to Slalom) > Slalom > Walter's Wiggle > LHL 2 > Squirt (first half to Q Line Rd) > Left onto Q Line Rd > Left onto Powerline Rd > Right into Last part of Tourist Trap > Car park.

Hendon from Pak & Pedal will be providing spot prizes for the event and as an added incentive is going to raffle off a Nightlight 900 lumin RRP $249 at the end of the 6 week series. To be in contention you must attend all 6 races.

Working Bee

The last Sunday of the month - Contact Bredon Reynolds @ Huka Cycles 07 378 5508 ex 1

Urban Jungle

We are looking for old kids bikes to use for the Events Centre After School programme. Come on, spring clean time. Contact Cath Oldfield: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Snippets

Wairakei Maintenance

BIG Thank you to Bruce Jaine for his excellent work keeping the tracks maintained while the Pete's were overseas.

New Zealand Bicycle Registry

The New Zealand Bicycle Registry is a free service for storing vital information about your bike - most importantly your bike frame serial number. In the event of your bike being stolen you can notify the Registry so the Police, and others, can search for your bike if they recover it - anywhere in New Zealand.

More here: http://www.mountainbike.co.nz/registry/

On the Road Skills

According to legend, Jack Kerouac wrote his seminal road trip novel 'On the Road' in just three weeks, on a continuous 36 metre scroll of paper that he cut to size and taped together. We can now reveal that literary scholar and eBay shopper Ernie has discovered a previously unpublished manuscript of the sequel 'On the Road Skills' where Kerouac applied his caffeine-addled brain to the art and science of navigating the concrete jungle on two wheels.

For more read: http://www.groundeffect.co.nz/underground/techtips/?id=62

Further reading

• Bikeability Cycle Training, Cycling Advocates' Network
• How to Not Get Hit by Cars by Michael Bluejay
• Cyclecraft by John Franklin
• Bike Snob : Systematically and Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling

Events

The ETA Public Opening Day

• Sunday 26th September
• Human power before vehicles -
• Cyclists @ 9am and Joggers/walkers @11am
• Gold coin donation goes to a local charity

King & Queen of the Crank

All you multi-talented Roady slash MTB ‘ers, this is the race for you!!

Taupo Mountainbike Club and Taupo Cycling Club have joined forces to create an all new and exiting race to keep everyone enthused over winter.

Inpiduals or teams welcome, this will be a road race circuit, followed by a mountainbike circuit (distances and courses to be confirmed), but both will start and finish from the saleyards, which will double as race HQ.

Brief outline below, some details are to be finalised, so keep checking for updates…

• Date: Sunday the 29th August
• Venue-Start/Finish HQ: Saleyards off Poihipi Rd end
• Registration: 9 am, Race Briefing: 9.30am
• Start time: Inpiduals 9.50 am Teams10 am
• Costs: Inpiduals Club Member (of either club) $20, non Club Member $30
• Costs: Per Team (2 people) Club Members (of either club) $40, non Club Members $50
• View the poster here
• Registration Download

Jamis Bicyles – Day-night Thriller

11 September 2010

Don’t miss this unique, exhilarating Mountain Bike Relay event held in Taupo. Two event options , 12 hours or 6 hours for teams of 2/3 and 4/ 5 riders & solos. Both events compete on the same 8km, 30 minute circuit. One team member on the course at any one time. The largest mountain bike event of it's kind in the world.

Awesome! http://www.daynightthriller.co.nz/

Singlespeed world champs

Rotorua 23 October 2010

if there is only 1 event you do in 2010 make it this 1...

Singlespeed mountain bikers from all round the planet gather in Rotorua, in the heartland of New Zealand’s North Island, for 2010 bragging rights…

It’s a celebration of cycling and the spirit of singlespeeding...

http://www.sswc10nz.com/

The Huka Challenge

This a non competitive 80 kilometres mountain bike ride on a par with the iconic 160km Solo ride around Lake Taupo.

Online entries open 1 July. For an entry form or to enter online go to Cycle Challenge Website

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The Bike Taupo Crew