You're signing up to participate in the 1st annual Dirt Bowl! Congratulations! We'll give you a few tips on how to spread the word and raise funds for this great cause: A ride to ensure that kids have safe roads and great trails in Marin County, California.

With more than 18 million registered users, Twitter has quickly become another way to let others know what you're up to, and in 140 characters or less, provide hyperlinks or photos describing something important to you at that moment. Spreading the word about your participation in Dirt Bowl '10 is easy:

Just cut and paste the paragraph below, with a link to your Dirt Bowl Ride Sponsor Page (the URL you received after registering), and add it to your Twitter page. You'll need to shorten your URL by using http://bit.ly/ or something similar to save characters:

"I'm riding my bike w/ Dave Wiens on Feb. 7 to raise funds for NorCal cyclists; like to sponsor me? Want to ride with me? {your shortened Sponsor Page URL here}"