The folks at Faster Mustache have been hard at work to provide you with another unique experience.  Be prepared to ride places you've never ridden before and may never ride again!

Same concept as last year.  Lotsa riding around town, some racing, beer, fun.

Sign up now.  Space is very limited.

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I don't think I remember how to ride my bike.

teamdicky wrote on 02/20/14 at 7:19pm:


MTB clinic before the race!  I'm in (really I've signed up).

Less than a month to go till this NOT SOLD OUT race.   

Buh-bump

just signed up.

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About This Year's Event

Tour de Charlotte 2014 is shaping up to be an exciting event. The route is a bit shorter than 2013 at about 25 miles, but much more challenging. All participants will ride trail, gravel, and dirt roads in addition to paved city streets and paths. So we highly recommend an off-road bike this year.

 
The Stages 

We will have four stages. Here are some hints, in no particular order: 

1. XC Short-track (fast)

2. XC Short-track (technical)

3. Cyclocross (extra climby)

4. Paved Criterium (super twisty)

 
What if I Can't Keep Up?

We want to make Tour de Charlotte accessible to everyone, but we also want to finish with the group intact before sundown. If and when riders in the group fall behind the 'Sweeper' (an event official that keeps pace at the back of the group), they will be on their own. They can shortcut the event to a later stage, head over to the after-party a little early, or head home. For this reason we must insist that all participants follow these rules:

 
ALL RIDERS MUST:

1. Be self-sufficient (food, water, tools, cell-phone, navigation, packable rain jacket)

2. Ride with an "Accountabilibro" (a partner who will stay with you if you get "swept")

3. Be relatively fit and capable of riding all day long

4. Ride a bike suitable for trail riding

5. Wear a helmet 

6. Bring a front and rear light for your bicycle (just in case)


Participants can race as many stages as they want, or they can just ride along and spectate (Party Pace). Awards will be given to the top finishers for each stage, as well as the top finishers overall. We'll even have prizes for the Party Pace Pounders.

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$25 - Racers
$15 - Party Pacers

eapap9 wrote on 03/11/14 at 5:19pm:


Sorry, that info is in the link to register.

1901 Bentley Place, Charlotte, NC 28205

Just an FYI:

You know those bicycle race events where you pay like $75 and you get like one or two beer tokens at the end? This is NOT one of those events! At the Tour de Charlotte afterparty, we're serving beer all night long and we're doing it in style thanks to the Crafty Beer Guys!! These guys are the local experts on draft beer systems. (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

And then there's this:

Besides beer, we got all kinds of swag piled up.  Like a stupid amount.  Like you wouldn't expect from a race starting outta someone's backyard just off Eastway.


Weather's perfect.  Beer will be cold and plentiful.  The racing... it will happen as well.

Don't race?  Come party pace for $15 and enjoy the food, beer, good times, spectation... pretty sure we'll have too many prizes for just the racers, so we'll have to figure out what to do with the leftovers.

Nineteen hours left to pre-register.  Day of will be $5 more... plus a game of bloody knuckles you just can't win.

I would just post something on the Tour duh Charlotte FaceBook page.  An official official might have an answer.