Bike Wise

Tell us your story - and the winners are…

During April and May we asked people to tell us their inspiring tale about cycling. All stories submitted went in the draw to win a prize pack containing a copy of the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge Guide, an Avanti cycle shirt and an Exelite High Visibility Belt.

Our winners are: Jessica Eaton, Janie Sutherland, David Graham and Doug Leybourne - congratulations to the four of you.

Janie Sutherland was competing in a women’s only triathlon and had this great story to tell:

"I could hear some funky sister music ahead of me and as I came closer to the sound, I saw a gorgeous well rounded women not only competing but sharing the sounds!! Her ipod loaded onto her handlebars with speakers attached, complete with a shower cap over the lot! Kiwi ingenuity to the max!!

Most folk keep the motivation to themselves by plugging in for their ears only but not this lady, she was manaaki plus! We tried to get her to come forward at the end of the event but she had already completed her event, not interested in any spot prizes and was biking home!! She was the winner for me that day and it always makes me smile"

Bike Wise Month is now over

Results from the Mayoral Challenge and Battle are available below. Thanks to all the event coordinators who ran over 50 Go By Bike Days, 49 Mayoral Challenge events and hundreds of other cycling events around the country making Bike Wise month a huge success.

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Bike Wise Battle 2009

The 2009 Bike Wise Battle was the biggest yet with 663 organisations and 2,683 departments competing nationwide to get the highest percentage of their staff/members to ride a bike. The Battle resulted in Kiwis cycling over two million kilometres. You can see the full results here.

Mayoral Challenge 2009

Nearly 50 New Zealand towns and cities competed for the title of Cycle Mad City by getting as many people as possible to follow the Mayor on a fun bike ride. The winning cities were New Plymouth District - over 58,000 population, Central Hawke’s Bay District - 11,000 to 58,000 population and Opotiki District - under 11,000 population. You can see the full results here.

Bike Wise Month is managed by the NZ Transport Agency, supported by the Ministry of Health.

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