NO BRAKESwill be turning two years old and having our grand opening at our new location 586 Woodward Ave. in Grant Park. We will be throwing our third annual shop alleycat, so expect the usual racing, prizes, party, and beer.
More info as it becomes available here.

Here's the drill. It's the last Friday of the month, the weather is great this time of year, not to hot, not to cool. We have been getting a lot of rain, so everything is beautiful and clean. Come out on some wheels, a bike, two bikes, skates, skateboard, grocery cart, wheel chair. It really doesn't matter, just come out and ride around the city with friends new and old, see parts of the city you may not have seen and share with community.

We meet at Woodruff Park at the corner of Peachtree St and Auburn Ave NE Atlanta, Ga at 6pm and leave after everyone shows up. Come on out.

The following is a glossary of terms used in the DSG 09 Race Report:
1.glud \ˈgləd\ Mud with a sticky, slippery, clay-like consistency. Globs onto everything and weighs stuff down. Glues itself to your body and your bike. Very slippery and squishy to ride over.
2. crud \ˈcrəd\ Mud similar to glud, but slightly dryer and more prone to packing up on your tires. Usually contains grass which it cleverly deploys into your derailleur. Somehow even heavier than glud.
3. gloop \ˈglüp\ Mud that is runny and wet, like diarrhea. Lighter in color than glud or crud, gloop is light enough to fly in the air and coat your face.

It's really simple - we ride MARTA on Friday. www.ridemartaday.com

Who: Save MARTA, a growing coalition of organizations, communities, and individuals who demand sensible funding and legislative support for MARTA.

What: In light of impending MARTA service cuts due to state level legislative action and inaction, Metro Atlantans are coming together to support the transit system by celebrating Ride MARTA Day on Friday, April 17. On Ride MARTA Day, participants will all ride MARTA at least once, per their usual commute or replacing their usual mode of transportation. Participants will ride at the time of their choosing. In other words, all you need to do is ride the bus or train on Friday, April 17.

The purpose of Ride MARTA Day is to bring all concerned Metro Atlantans into a community building activity that will boost ridership, expose new riders to useful routes, express solidarity with MARTA workers and regular commuters, and demonstrate that, as the backbone of our transportation system, MARTA must be fairly funded.

When: Friday, April 17, 2009, all day.

Where: MARTA trains and buses.

If you don't know how, use CfPT's Trip Planner

Check out the Network of Participation and Support

Agnes Scott Students
Atlanta Bicycle Coalition
Atlanta History Center
Atlanta Transit Riders Union
Citizens for Progressive Transit
Clarence Turner, Candidate, Atlanta City Council, At Large Post 1
Dj Clickone
Georgia Sierra Club Metro Atlanta Group
Georgia State University College of Law Students
Georgia State Progressive Student Alliance
Georgia State University Students Living Downtown
Hampton Inn and Suites Downtown
Kwanza Hall, Atlanta City Council, District 2
Nerve Agent Recordings
Sopo Bicycle Cooperative

We've met the quota for our next order, so it's order time.

Details at: http://fastermustache.org/node/6237
Prices at: http://fastermustache.org/node/6134

You have 7 days from the posting of this story to get your order and money to me. The price of everything will go up $5 an item for our next order and the race team will spend your $5 on beer when you aren't there and make fun of you behind your back, so get in on this now!

Had a good time at FM24 in the past? Missed out for some reason? Looks like we're up to it again this year, so clear your calendars. FM.24.09 will be the weekend of September 12-13, 2009!

Check back here on fastermustache.org and on 24.fastermustache.org for details as they develop.

For two weeks in April and May, the CEO of Dancing Deer Baking Co. will shift focus away from managing in a down economy, as she undertakes an extreme personal journey on behalf of 600,000 homeless families throughout the United States. 52-year-old Trish Karter will ride her road bicycle 1,500 miles over 15 days from Atlanta to Boston, stopping at homeless shelters along the way. Every year, 600,000 families with 1.35 million children experience homelessness in the U.S.

Be Yr Own Hero organizes Wilmington's Critical Mass (and the Really Really Free Market, Food Not Bombs, etc.). We would love it if some of you could come up and do workshops or maybe help organize/participate in an Alley Cat Race or Bike Olympics!

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Be Yr Own Hero is accepting submissions for the 3rd annual Be Yr Own Hero Festival (a.k.a. Hero Fest) for music, art, film, performance, fashion, zine/DIY/craft, and workshops/info sessions. The deadline for submissions is July 19th, 2009.

2009 Kits are here. They're hot. If you ordered something, stop by Outback to pick up the bag with your name on it.

here is another view. We'll be out in full force at the FM:Race ride tonight, and there likely will be a big in-town ride on Saturday.

Did you miss out? Did you just shum yourself because you realized that you really should have gotten something? This is how this is going to work:

Our min kit order with ChampSys is 10 items, not including accessories. You get money to me for what you want based on the prices on this page. Once we hit 10 items, I'll post a 7 day notice that we're about to order for other people to squeeze in, and then the order goes out. If we don't get in enough $ to place an order, you can apply your $ to a 2010 kit but I get the feeling that we'll have enough to do another order. Turnaround time will be a few weeks once the order goes out.

This pattern will repeat itself until the next big kit order (2010 kits), and we make no guarantees that you ordering before then will get you something before then. Currently there is 1 item on the list for round 2. 9 to go!

The FM:Race team is cooking up a weekly road ride that is gonna blast your chamois off. We are in the early beta testing stages, but we would love to have you come and help us forge this beast.

What: FM:Race - hosted group road ride (~25 miles, 16-18mph avg)
Where: Starts at Outback Bikes, in-townish, hills
When: Thursday 3/12, leave at 6:30pm

The 3/12 edition will be no-drop as we test out route ideas. Once this puppy matures its gonna be hang on or go home.

- Kurt