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Taupo 2016

December 9 2016
Overall Taupo 2016 was a great year for many OTBers with lots of Personal Bests being set in great conditions for riding. Special mention for the Enduro Riders - with Karen and Janet taking out age group first places and Graeme taking 4th place in his age group. For the 160km we had Rebecca ...
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2016 5 Passes Report

November 12 2016
Ten OTB’s entered the 2016 5 Passes event and then promptly starting falling off their bikes. Never-the-less, they used the Shane Archbold approach i.e. “I’m a Kiwi; I don’t feel pain,” and carried on. It was well worth the effort. This event is so well organised that every cyclists’ ...
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2016 Taupo Dinner & Awards Evening

November 9 2016
The OTB post Taupo Cycle Challenge dinner and prize giving be held after the LTCC prize giving ceremony at the  "Taupo Yacht Club” - the club rooms are lake side 5min walk from the Domain and offers majestic views of the lake and a superb buffet dinner at $60 per person ($15 per child under 12 ...
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Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge 2016

November 5 2016
OTB Taupo Event Update:   From a review of the entrants (see table below) only 47 OTB's have registered as at 3 Nov so please make sure you register and enter the OTB VIP Code to take advantage of a 15% discount as follows:   When entering via this link: online entries  you must use the code ...
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ITT Results- 5th Nov J/viile

November 5 2016
Many thanks to the 14 riders who competed in the ITT today from Makara School to Branscombe Street in Johnsonville.  Perfect weather conditions meant fast times and a safe and enjoyable ride.  I would like to congratulate all those who attended today considering they had just completed the 5 ...

ITT Makara Peak Results

October 8 2016
Conditions were fine for the Makara Hill ITT . Rebecca own took first place for the women followed by Stephanie Revell and Jo Leech while Ian Riddle powered into first place for the men followed by Glenn Owen and Dr Mike.  Average time for the 8.2km course was 21:00.  Full ...
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ITT Makara School to J/Ville

September 3 2016
Thanks to all those people who turned out on this stunning day to test their fitness and compete in the time trial.  12 people turned out and special mention to Glenn and Steph who had the fastest times of the day and to Carol Sander who came for a ‘taster’. It would be great to see new faces ...
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2017 Tour of New Zealand

July 30 2016
Tour dates: 1-8th April 2017: Entries on the South Island Course are already full. However inevitably they will have a few withdrawals so the organisers are running a waiting list. However the North island Course has some places still available.  If anyone is interested in forming an OTB team ...
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Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge: Special Offer for the Tarbabies

July 2 2016
This year the organisers of the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge have introduced a 15% discount on the entry fee for cycling groups of 10 or more and they have created a VIP group for the Tarbabies so that we can all receive a 15% discount when completing our online entries.  Entries opened on 1 ...
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Cycling in Australia

July 1 2016
I recently spent a weekend in Sydney visiting my daughter and wanted to get in a few rides around greater Sydney. However for a short trip I wanted to travel light and not bother with the hassle of packing up and unpacking and lugging about a bike pod.  After a bit of research on the inter web I ...