We recieved the following email yesterday regarding branding of MABRA:

The MABRA Board has been working to get the cycling
community at large to recognize MABRA as the first
point of contact when considering racing in our area.

Expl: MABRA's web site is on the caution tape used for
the MABRA cyclo-cross series.

If possible (strictly optional) we would like member
clubs to consider putting WWW.MARBA.ORG on team
uniforms.
We understand that many orders, with art work, may
already have been processed. If not, we'd like your
consideration on this.

Thanks
Randy Inglis
MABRA Pres.

We at the Racing Union wholeheartedly agree with the necessary conformation and indoctrination of area cyclists under a unified umbrella and therefore fully support this effort.

However, there is an undercurrent of unease here at Revolution Headquarters.  Some among us are quite lathered with zeal and ready to throw ourselves upon the petard of community ownership part and parcel.   Accordingly, we have suggested the following as the new required uniform and bicycle equipment for all MABRA racers regardless of team affiliation:

The trailer is not optional.  In fact, we support finishing each race at a local food bank with the delivery of rice and potatoes.

Others among us are willing to take a more stayed approach to this change and allow each team to continue to offer some distinctions upon their uniforms, with the inclusion of the required MABRA logo in a prominent location.  To this end we declare that the new MABRA logo is as follows:



I know that the Racing Union can count on the support of the mid-Atlantic cycling community to further our effort at outreach and recognition.