Winter Newsletter

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Despite the cold weather, there's plenty to do!

Bike Manawatu staged a successful 6 hour relay at Manfield. This year the weather was much more conducive to an enjoyable social time. There were some impressive performances at the front of the field, while Phil and some friends in team "Business as Usual" did it in style on their retro commuter bikes complete with their glad rags and a baguette for a baton. See the event page for results and photos.

The Manawatu Mountain Bike Club ran the inaugural iBike4kids, an event to encourage and inspire kids about biking. Along with a huge team of enthusiastic volunteers, Steve and Phil set up the shop tent to do free bike checks and present the awesome prizes supplied in conjunction with Specialized bicycles and Bulletproof scooters. With record numbers and lots of smiles, this looks set to be a regular event.

The Mountain Bike Club is running its winter series out at Santoft forest, with record attendances so far. No wonder, the tracks are great to ride in the winter and the friendly atmosphere at the event makes for a great day out with the family.

The relatively mild winter has made for good progress to the new trails at the new Arapuke park at the end of Kahuterawa Road. Check them out, but not just after a lot of rain, the trails are better for more people riding them.

Read on for information about winter products and promotions!

Garmin Specials

Winter is the time a few of us do a bit more running, one Garmin unit left on special:

FR70 usually $249, now $220

Buy any Garmin Edge unit and be in to win an awesome Garmin Pro kit. See the Garmin page for more on this promotion.

Wisper Electric Bike Special

705e was $2299, now $1999

Wisper bikes have quality high capacity Lithium Polymer batteries, which have a greater actual range and last longer than inferior batteries. See the full specs on the NZ agent's web page, also the other models on sale. Click here for more on Wisper

Scooter News

scooters

Grit Mayhem scooters: alloy core wheels, great paint job, compression headset for only $249. Matching pegs sold separately for $39.90.

ODI Soft flange-less grips (RH end of wall)

Winter Gloves

LG Roubaix

The 3 main winter gloves in our range are:
• Windproof – Louis Garneau Roubaix
• Windproof, insulated – Specialized Deflect

• Waterproof, insulated - Specialized Radiant
We also stock liners, all-season gloves, arm warmers and leg warmers.

May Prize Draw Winner

Congratulations to Leon Dawson, the winner of the prize draw for May, a Lezyne Tech Drive Pump.

Leon accepting his prize from Phil

Lezyne pumps are all designed to allow them to reach riding pressure with 30% fewer strokes compared to conventional pumps. All Lezyne products are very well engineered and Crank It Cycles stocks a wide range.

This month's prize is a free "Tune-up" service, valued at $80. A Tune-up service includes the following:

Brakes adjust
Gears adjust
Bearing adjustments
Lubrication
Tyre Pressure
Clean drivetrain
True wheels
Replace (as required, parts extra):
- Brake pads
- Chain & cassette
- Cables and/or housings
- Tyres and/or tubes
Test ride & Safety inspection