Daylight savings time's switch flipped, so it's time to get back in the habit of this!

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Here's a proposed route: http://bit.ly/abhYRp

Be at Outback Bikes in L5P for a 6:30 pm departure! We'll work out the details of the route over the next few weeks and post an official route on this site once it settles in.

(written by and posted for Dan McCauley)

Pal’s Lounge on Auburn Ave. hosted on Saturday night what turned out to be a challenge of both speed and knowledge of Black History. Three dozen or so racers navigated their way to four checkpoints spread out across the streets of downtown ATL. At each stop, oxygen deprived brains were put to the test, required to answer mind wracking Black History Questions. For example, there was the question, “What was the significance of the Candler Park Golf Course [before yuppies invaded with clubs and balls]?” Or “What was the historic importance of 503 Peeples St.?” Was it Reverend Martin Luther King’s father’s House, or a kindergarten?

It's been anything but a pleasant 2010 as far as the weather goes in Atlanta, and we've seen snow 3 times already! This weekend the thermometer edged up to 60F and a road ride to celebrate was quickly pulled together. Bob, Eric, Jim, Dan and I (of FM:RAce) joined Jon of Kazane Racing, Autumn of the GSU Cycling Team, Carleton of the Peachtree Bikes Track Team, and Ben to get in some miles. Several hours at a relaxed pace netted us close to 50 miles as we rode from Outback Bikes in Little 5 Points to Stone Mountain for a few laps around the rock, followed by pizza at the Felinis' on McLendon. Sub-freezing temperatures will be back on Wednesday so it's good we fit this in!

more photos here!

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CKdake posted after the January edition here: http://fastermustache.org/node/6828

Here is the February edition:

AA and I loaded up early for the 2nd edition of the 3 part Snake Creek Time Trial Series. The day before I was emailing out bail notifications and planning on sleeping in. The weather was forecasted to be cold and cloudy following a week of constant rain and sleet in the mountains. Afer a little motivational text from AA at 5:00pm on Friday ("I'm gonna suck it up and do pinhoti"), I bailed on bailing and was back in.

(repost from http://ckdake.com/content/2010/snake-creek-gap-time-trial-2010-1.html)

Last year, I rode the 17 mile version of the Snake Creek Gap Time Trial (and wrote about it here) on a full suspension bike in January at 50F. This year, I rode the 34 mile version on a hard-tail bike at 25F. I've written about not enjoying mass start, short, XC races, and SCGTT is definitely a different sort of beast. Spaced individual starts so there is no constant battle to stay out in front, and completion time instead of crossing the line first is what counts so passing is generally pretty spread out and done safely at good places. Additionally, the section of the Pinhoti that this race takes place on is extremely brutal with lots of climbing (6000+ feet on the 34 mile) and miles and miles of technical rocky sections that had most people walking.

I'm a make this short and sweet. FM and Sorella hosted the Georgia Cyclocross finale. A ton of people showed up. Lots of bikes were ridden and the course was sick. Much props goes out to the Sorella gals and the FM crew who made this all happen. It was awesome race. Mad props to Kari L. and Eric N. and anyone else who had a major hand in creating this madness.

The course was muddy, hilly and unrelenting. Whoever put that small red clay climb, hairpin, down hill into the mud must have been crazy.

See you all next year (or at Southern Cross, or Rome series, or SGTT)

Ergon has made their Announcement Of 2010 Supported Teams And Riders, and Faster Mustache is happy to be on that list for the second year in a row! Emily Brock, a FM:Race team member, also made the cut again this year to be an Ergon sponsored rider. Go Emily!

Look for FM:Race team members wearing Ergon bags and riding bikes with Ergon grips in 2010.

Hello friends of FM:Race!

Please find at the bottom of this post the magical PDF document that explains the hows and whys of sponsoring the FM:Race team of cycling wizards. If you know of anyone who might like to be a part of our brand, this document will serve to educate, enlighten, and delight.

As you all know, we race in pretty much every cycling discipline that exists. Members of FM can be found anywhere there are bikes. Whether we are helping out, racing hard, or just hanging out, our involvement in 2010 will be every bit as complete.

This presents a great opportunity for the savvy businessperson. We can join forces! The business can to help us defray the costs of traveling far and wide, and in return FM:Race will spread the word about their products.

Our high level of involvement lends us experience, and our experience lends our opinion gravitas. Let us develop some opinions about your products or services!

Thanks for your help, and feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns here or at my email address:
jim@jimhodgson.com

FM 2010 Sponsorship Guide

Once again I'm slow to regale you with our tales of cycling domination, but good things come to those who wait.

If you can only go to one cyclocross race in a year, I would of course recommend you attend the joint FM/Sorella sponsored series finale at the Intl Horse Park in Conyers. It will be December 6th this year. However, if you can only make two races in a year, I would definitely suggest the Barnsley Gardens race. If missed it yesterday, you'll have to wait until next year...

Barnsley Gardens was a great venue. It is a golf resort, so I'd never been there, but I have seen the signs on 75N on the way to Chattanooga. They had a discount on rooms for the racers, the cabins are big, and they have a spa and massage and all kinds of amenities, so next year we plan to rent one and make it a weekend.

The weather was awful, but that made it fun (sort of). I love our warm, dry Georgia weather, but it's nice to have at least one race a year with that real Euro/New England/Oregon cyclocross feel.... meaning cold, rain, and mud.

Photos courtesy of Jeff
Photos courtesy of Trish

It was a fantastic muddy course. If you remember Kurt's description of the mud-types at DSG, this was not glud or crud or any of that - it was pretty slippery but it shed nicely off the bike so it didn't weigh me down or kill my brakes. There were also a lot of nice (but cold) puddles that helped keep the drivetrain and tires clean...

After the start was one really awesome berm that you could get real air on if you wanted, though maybe not smart, b/c the grass after it was slick and it turned into pea-gravel just after that. there was about a quarter mile of that gravel in a longish climb and then a longish descent. Neither were very steep, but my brakepads are crappy when they're wet, and at the bottom was a sharp left and a 2-foot drop into the mud-bog, so I took that part as slow as I could.

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