Category: Challenge

The OzHPV Challenge is an open-design multi-race cycling event with races designed to determine the best overall vehicles and rider.

Registration for the 2026 OzHPV Challenge is now open,

Open this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ozhpv-challenge-2026-tickets-1995040859917
and you are a few short clicks away from entering our races and being able to win prizes and receive giveaways.

Scoring method and Prizes (Human Power only)

There will be Men’s, Women’s, Junior (under 15) and Senior (over 50) Divisions of the Challenge. In each race, riders score 1 point for 1st place, 2 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd etc.

Riders with lowest overall points will be division winners, and Women’s, Junior and Senior’s scores will be separated from other scores for results calculations.

If riders miss a race they will score one point more than the person placing last in the race.

Riders’ highest race scores will be eliminated, so with  8 races overall, the best 7 results count. As a guide, Pedal prix cars could run faired on the Saturday, unfaired on the Sunday.

Certificates to be awarded to the first 3 places in each event winners and there is a trophy to keep for overall senior / open / junior and women’s winners.

Electric Bikes

A trophy will be awarded for “Best Electric Bike” but this may not be based on performances in races. Electric assist vehicles (some human power input required) with up to 250W of additional power are welcome to compete in races but will be ineligible for race scoring, race certificates and other trophies.

Silvester Football Oval / Budget Accommodation

Coleraine’s Silvester Oval will be used for Sunday races and budget accommodation for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Some cooking facilities are available.

Raffles and Giveaways

Due to generous donations of goods and time, we are offering raffle tickets for major prizes of restored bicycles and recumbents. Anyone who enters (electric or human powered ) or books accommodation is automatically entered in the draw. Free, new bicycle parts (derailleurs, cassettes, pedals etc.) will also be available for paying challenge participants.

Saturday Courses

Coleraine Street Course Map – Approx 1 km with full road closures

Hill Climb Map: Approx 500m with part or full road closures

Proposed Full Event Schedule

For the detailed schedule, refer to our facebook events page at
 https://www.facebook.com/events/1862426664732629

Trophy labels and completed a set of trophies for the OzHPV Challenge to be held in Coleraine in October / November.

These trophies will be ready months in advance of the Challenge!
The labels were ordered and received on the same day!

Thanks to excellent service from Southern Cross Trophies.

Looking forward to these being handed out in November.

Regards Steve Nurse.

 Coleraine – 31st Oct – 1st Nov 2026
(Melbourne cup long weekend)

Registration for the 2026 OzHPV Challenge is now open, just open this link
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ozhpv-challenge-2026-tickets-1995040859917

and you are a few short clicks away from entering our races and being able to win prizes and receive giveaways.

Prize Giveaways!

The OzHPV Challenge is a 3 day open-design set of cycling races and rides designed to encourage participation and determine the best combinations of vehicles and riders. E-bikes welcome!

Steve Nurse got the idea of holding a Challenge in Coleraine came after visiting his Aunt’s old home there in November 2025. It was very quiet on that Melbourne Cup long weekend and it seemed like it could be livened up. The local football club at Silvester Oval looked like a great venue for budget accommodation and some races.

Steve has put together a great summary of work done so far on his blogspot:

Modular Bikes: Coleraine Recce Trip

Prize Giveaways!

To attract riders to the Challenge we are offering a pool of prizes available to anyone who enters the event as a competitor.

Major prizes will be drawn on the Saturday afternoon of the event with a limit of one major prize per person.

Prizes come from sponsors, and OzHPV members and their network.

Bikes and recumbents have been donated, then worked on, serviced and restored, all as part of our effort to promote the Challenge.

• Challenge Schedule
• Challenge 2026 Trophies
• 2026 Annual Challenge
• Challenge 2025 – Gosford

This year’s Challenge may have a slightly different format from past events.

Staff at Macquarie University in Sydney has proposed running short course speed challenge at the Gosford velodrome later this year under the OzHPV banner.

This event would be open to competitors utilising either faired or unfaired trikes that are challenging records that would have average speeds that would be safe for the banking at this location.

The challenge has always aimed to test riders and human powered vehicles in a broad range of events to work out the best overall and races have included time trials, 1 hour circuit races, off road races, criterium races, twin slalom and shopping race with the overall winners the best in the whole range of events.

In keeping with this philosophy the short course speed challenge could replace the traditional speed events with the practicality tests next day.

Feedback on this concept is welcome from all interested parties.

Please let us know if you are interested.