Introduction:
Bike Northland, the regional body for cycling in Northland, provides support for Northland cycling clubs in the three disciplines of BMX, Mountain Biking and Road Cycling. Bike Northland’s aim is to address the challenges that all aspects of cycling face, sporting, commuting, touring or recreational, and to provide a common voice to promote cycling across the Northland region.

Introduction:
BMX stands for bicycle motorcross, and riders pedal around an undulating dirt track which is approx 400m long. It is a very social family sport, where you make friends quickly. With mums, dads and children of all ages on the track from 3years to 60 plus.

On club nights everyone is mixed in races according to age and ability: making racing fun, challenging and of course great exercise.

Season:
Club nights are held every Wednesday night during daylight savings hours at the BMX track, with check in between 5:00pm & 5:45pm, and racing underway 6.00pm. Full safety gear is required to be on the track, and we can assist with the requirements. Pre-season Sunday afternoon practise racing usually starts Mid August weather depending.

School Programmes:
Our School Challenge is held annually in November with an open invitation to all Primary, Intermediate and High Schools in the area. Last year approx 120 children from 12 schools competed for the covenant top 4 schools Trophies.

Events / Tournaments:
We run coaching/training sessions for the younger and new riders on Monday evenings through the season and coaching sessions for the established competitive riders as well.

We also host Inter club meets – where club riders from all BMX Clubs in New Zealand are able to come to our track for a fun weekend of racing.

Occasionally we get to host National and North Island Championship meetings where the best riders in New Zealand come to compete for National and Island titles. These events are a great spectacle and very exciting to watch.

New Track:
We have recently built a new UCI International Standard BMX track at the eastern end of Pohe Island. When the Club isn’t using it for events it is open for the public to use, but please take care and never ride alone. Always wear a helmet.

Introduction:
The term Mountain biking covers many different facets of off road cycling ranging from X country, down hill, jumping and technical trail riding. With a wide variety of stiles of riding it attracts a broad range of people from family groups to very advanced riders.

Mountain biking was started by a group of guys seeing who could go downhill fastest on their “clunkers” – home made bikes with parts taken from tandems and motorbikes. These same guys are now household names in mountain bike circles. Gary Fisher , Tom Ritchey , Joe Breeze ,Charlie Kelly started out bodging bikes from anything they could find and trying to keep them together for long enough to descend the famous Repack downhill race , run as a time trial down a dirt road in Marin County California. Today’s bikes have advanced and so has mountain biking. Friends can now ride up; down; practically anywhere two wheels can go having fun and enjoying each others company. It is a fantastic way to keep fit and enjoy Northlands scenery. If you really get hooked there are always local and national bike races being held where you can test your fitness against the clock and other riders?

Mountain Biking is fast, technical, fun and a great sport for kids, mums and dads. You can make it as serious as you like or just serious fun. So much of Northland is waiting to be discovered and mountain biking makes it easy.

A big part of the club's goals is to develop a network of mountain bike trails. New members are welcomed; joining a club is the best way to support the scene! So come along for a ride, help build a trail or come along to one of our events.

Season:
All year

Events / Tournaments:
Northland Secondary Schools Championship – March
Evening Cyclo Cross racing - Summer Months
Evening MTB racing - Summer Months
Bike Wise Month activities - February
Week night rides close to CBD - Parahaki MTB Club
Weekend forest rides - Parahaki MTB Club
Guided tours of Glenbervie – Parahaki MTB Club

Coach Education:
MTB skills coaching
Junior coaching and racing advice
Qualified Shimano mechanics for free advice
Track building courses

Introduction:
Road cycling is alive and well. The club membership is a diverse and friendly group of riders with a good mix of ability and fanaticism! Some take things more seriously than others but that’s OK because we aim to cater for all abilities. Riders from other areas are welcome to join in. Beginner riders will also find the club has a wealth of experience to share and young or old are welcome. You may ride with us a couple of times before deciding if you want to join the club.

Weekend warrior or Olympic prospect the Marsden Wheelers Cycling club can help you enjoy your cycling at whatever level you choose.

Season:
Summer Season - weekly races
Winter Season - To be confirmed

#Note: A good point of contact are our local Bike Shops

Events / Tournaments:
Northland Secondary School Road Championships - Mid May
Regional Road Race Age Group Championships - October
Northland Centre Champs - November