1O days of cycling fun is on

Thursday, February 13, 2014
Comments: 1

The 2nd Rotorua Bike Festival clicks into gear, tomorrow.
10 days of cycling event begins in the morning with Sport Bay of Plenty's Go by Bike.
It's a great way to start the festival with an invitation to get on bikes to get to work. There are checkpoints round the city with spot prizes and the chance to win a mountain bike.
Then a favourite event from the first festival returns in the evening.

The Redwoods Coast is on Nursery Hill and Long Mile Road. There's no pedaling, it's all about momentum with speeds up to 70kph recorded in 2013. It's a light-hearted and colourful event - but with a competitive edge.
Entry is gold coin only and all the money is going to a good cause.
"We'll be donating to the fund that pays for medical supplies at Mountain Bike Rotorua at Waipa," said Coast organiser, Dave Donaldson. "They're first responders if there are any problems out there and the fund was set up by Wendy Ardern and the Rotorua Mountain Bike Club last year."

The action continues in the weekend with a full programme of events covering all the bases of cycling.
Events on Saturday and Sunday range from the 2014 National Mountain Bike Championships, to BMX Rotorua's club meeting and Pump time trial, Bike Polo, Bike the Lake, XRACE, Frocks on Bikes and the New Zealand Home Loans Fun Family Ride.
"It really is cycling for everyone and a lot of events are run by enthusiastic volunteers," added Donaldson. "There are events for the competitive racers and the social weekend warriors right through to beginners and casual cyclists. That's the real beauty of our festival - and that continues into next week, as well."
It's not just good news for the riders.
"So many of these events are perfect and spectacular for spectators," continued Donaldson."There's even talk of heckler's corners to raise the noise levels on the cross-country and downhill courses at the National Champs, this weekend."
Events like OGO Dual Slalom, Yeah Boi Sick, Shweeb World Championships at Agroventures and the Skyline Sprint Warrior all offer great action for non-cyclists.
"One event we are all looking forward to is Bike Speedway on Monday evening," said Donaldson. "Last year, the final featured four of New Zealand's top mountain bikers including a Rotorua favourite, Garth Weinberg, the 2010 Singlespeed World Champion."
This year the Speedway venue is at Government Gardens with one of New Zealand's iconic buildings, the Museum and Art Gallery, as a back drop. The event is gold coin entry and all the money raised will go to the Waipa medical supplies fund.
"The Blue Baths are catering and there will be an outdoor bar, so it'll be a great event to ride, watch and socalise at," added Donaldson. "I'm looking forward to trying to get the tandem round the short srint course with Gaz Sullivan from NZO on the back."

The festival goes into a second year with its future secure.
"The support of the Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust, Events & Venues Rotorua, Media Works Rotorua and the Rotorua Daily Post has given it a really solid foundation to build on," said Jeremy Christmas, from the Bike Festival Trust, on the eve of the Festival. "Dates are set for 2015 with the next festival starting on Friday, February 13."
Christmas is a UCI international commissaire and is currently in Belgium.
"I'll be back for the end of the festival and I'm looking forward to being home," he added. I've been watching the lead-up to the festival on the Facebook page and it's looking fantastic."


The 10-day Festival runs from Friday February 14 to Sunday February 23.
The full programme is on www.rotoruabikefestival.com
with regular updates at facebook.com/RotoruaBikeFestival

Comments

1. Wondershare MobileTrans coupon My friend shared me this website as he liked the content you posted and as I'm also writing an article on MobileTrans coupon code and he was trying to helps me to give ideas to me and I also like the content you posted. Tuesday, March 1, 2022