Hi folks, Here's some info on a fun event that benefits a really worthwhile organization:

The Brownwood Bike Rally rolls into East Atlanta on Saturday, June 7, for a sixth year of racing, bike rodeo activities, and other cycling fun for kids and adults of all skill levels.

The rally begins at 9 a.m. with street races and a bike rodeo for kids age 5 to 15. In the rodeo, kids earn points by completing bike agility and safety exercises. Prizes will be awarded in three age categories.

Adults can enjoy races along East Atlanta streets and Brownwood Park’s dirt paths. There are races for all skill levels, including a “Fun Race” for anyone 16 and over and men’s and women’s Cyclocross-Track criterium races for more experienced cyclists.

Apocalypse Briggs: Premiere Party

Saturday, May 10th at 9 PM. More Details at http://www.badicalindustries.com/

We've put in hundreds of hours over 4 months to bring you Apocalypse Briggs. We feel the only suitable way to honor and celebrate this huge effort is to have a premiere party. The Pickup Artist premiere was great: laughs, drinks, three-way kisses. Apocalypse Briggs premiere: #1.

What to expect: We're premiering our 30-minute movie for Apocalypse Briggs. Check out the TRAILER. We'll also be showing two other shorts we made just for this premiere ... just to warm you up. Yum.

here is a link to a video my friend shot and edited at aprils critical mass, enjoy!

Come ride your bike with a few hundred of your fellow cyclists. Read more here.

The Faster Mustache Race Team needs YOU to help raise funds!

- Do you want to make a small contribution to help us pay registration fees and keep the team independent?
- Do you work for an Atlanta company that wants to support a progressive, fun and competitive race team?
- Do you have money burning a hole in your pocket?

Then please consider becoming a sponsor! Here are some suggested donations:

VELOCE - $25
Individual Donors - this means YOU!
Faster Mustache is a club built by and for individuals, not businesses. Help the team stay true to their roots while still paying registration fees. You are Faster Mustache. You will receive a random out-of-print FM T-shirt as a thank-you gift.

CHORUS - $250 or equivalent in new bike gear
Mid-level Sponsors
We want to rep all of the great bike shops and other businesses in our hometown of ATL that have kept us fed, kept our bikes working, and kept our language slurred. Your business will be recognized with your logo on the race team website, race banner, race tent, and the FM Race T-Shirt.

RECORD - $2000 (up to half new bike gear)
Major Sponsor
Help Faster Mustache pay the bills and equip ourselves with some great team gear like a race tent, race banner, etc. Your logo will get a primo spot on everything. Also, we will have custom embroidered patches of your logo sewn to our wool race team jerseys. You can also display your company’s banner in our race tent. And in an unprecedented offer, we will display your logo and link on the front page of Atlanta’s most popular cycling forum: http://fastermustache.org.

SUPER RECORD - $5000
Flagship Sponsor
If your company is ready to support Faster Mustache at the top level, you can be the title sponsor of our race team for 2008. We’re talking title spot, huge logo on everything: race tent, banners, T-shirts, website, the works. We will even sew a big ass logo on our jerseys. And finally, a high-value ad spot on Atlanta’s favorite bike-blog, http://fastermustache.org. And we’ll also name our fund-raiser party after you (trust me, this party is going to be huge).

So the upgrade to Drupal 6 was not smooth. In fact, it didn't work at all and after fighting with it for 2+ hours, I'm giving up for tonight.

Unfortunately, any posts/signups/etc from today were lost but IIRC, it was a pretty quiet day.

Everything should be back to exactly as it was at 3am today. If it's not, let me know.

I apologize for the downtime, and I'll come up with a way to make this work in the future. blargh!

Stop buy NoBrakes to pick up your very own completely custom, luxury merino wool cycling jersey. These jerseys were designed by the FM community, and proceeds benefit the FM cycling team. If you already pre-ordered your jersey, you can pick it up at NoBrakes. If you would like to purchase one, it will cost $115 and you can try on a short sleeve or long sleeve in many sizes at NoBrakes.

If you are on the FM race team, you can pick up your jersey at the race team meeting on Saturday (your jersey is now at NoBrakes).

Last Sunday was the second race in the Georgia State Championship Series. The race was held in Flatrock Park in Columbus, GA. Trail and weather conditions were perfect. It was a little cool in the morning and the little bit of morning dew made the trails nice and tacky to facilitate gnar-shredding. The course was very fast with very little climbing. Most of it was either tight and twisty single track or long open stretches made for mashing. We raced two laps which ended up being a little over twenty miles. X, unfortunately, was unable to race because of a broken bone in his hand, but he and Neal still made the early morning (6 AM departure from ATL) trip with Durkie and I to cheer us on. Gwyn also cheered us on and handed us water bottles before her race.

For the 22nd anniversary, the Bike MS: Cox Atlanta Ride will be held at Callaway Gardens, located approximately 60 miles south of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, and incorporates a figure-eight format. Varying route lengths of 25-mile, 65-mile and 100-mile options on Day One and 25-mile and 65-mile options on Day Two invite cyclists and families of all skill levels to participate. This will allow riders to have the Start, Finish and Overnight celebration all at the breathtaking Callaway Gardens. This route format will not only provide a route of phenomenal beauty and challenge, but it will also make planning for the ride much more streamlined.

Hit up http://thecollectivefilm.com/ for the details of the film.

The Collective is coming to town to preview their newest film, "Seasons". This should be one of the best mountain bike movies you've ever seen, and it's at Sweetwater so there's really no reason not to go!

Doors at 8, movie at 9.

Tickets $15 at LBSs or online at www.xorbia.com/seasons, or $20 at the door. This includes:

* Free Beer All Night
* Live Music by Greg Mike
* $800+ of prizes and giveaways
* Watchin the movie. duh. (It's a 25 foot outdoor HD screen)

Rain date for this is May 15th, I'll update the event if this is the case.