Bike festival offers fun for whole family
6 December 2013
Cycling events for all the family will be at the heart of the 2nd Rotorua Bike Festival in February.
Events range from the National Mountain Bike championships for the country's elite riders, to fun rides for everyone.
The festival launches on the morning of Friday 14 February with Sport Bay of Plenty's Go By Bike event.
Sport BOP's Melanie Short sais Go by Bike is a great way to get more people active and on their bikes.
It's a national initiative through Bikewise and in 2013 we had over 200 cyclists riding to work or school and stopping by for refreshments and the chance to win spot prizes.
Sport BOP is also running Tykes on Trikes on Wednesday 19 February.
Working with the under 5s is a great place to start to teach movement and create a lifelong love of activity, said Melanie. Tykes on Trikes is an event with lots of colour and the little ones achieving great things as they pedal their way through the course.
The Bike Festival means there are so many opportunities to get involved in riding. There's really no reason for the Rotorua community to not get on their bikes at some point over the month.
New Zealand Home Loans Family Fun Ride, LikeaBike Kiddie Cross, Pimp your Bike and XRace are all festival events for families and children.
Frocks on Bikes and Ladies Shuttle Night are aimed at getting more women on bikes and BMX Rotorua is running a Have a Go evening where anyone can try the sport.
Bike Festival Trust's, Jeremy Christmas, said there will be some fantastic action for more competitive riders and also spectators at events like Ibis Bike the Lake, the National Mountain Bike Champs, Skyline Sprint Warrior, 2W Giant Gravity Enduro and Telecom Inner City Street Criterium.
There are also events that everyone can enjoy. It's all part of getting as many people biking both during the festival and all year round.