Sat, 05 Jun 2010
Cranksgiving in June
You've probably heard of Cranksgiving, races held each year near Thanksgiving to collect food to donate to local food banks. Ypsilanti Velo has been happy to help out with the local Cranksgiving the past three years, the last of which brought in an impressive 800 pounds of food for Food Gatherers.
Food Gatherers, the food bank for Washtenaw County, sees a lot of generosity around the holidays at the end of the year, but the need for donations is high year around, especially now. With that in mind, Ypsilanti Velo is holding a Cranksgiving in June, the same idea, just earlier in the year.
This year there are two classes of races:
- $20 Shopping ListYou will have up to two hours to spend up to $20, trying to get the most you can get off your shopping list. You must visit three different stores, and you only get one trip to drop off food. The prize goes to the person with the most food gathered in the shortest time — Should you go fast? Should you get more? The strategy is up to you!
- Unlimited PoundageTwo hours, unlimited trips, no spending limit, you just have to visit at least three different stores. Just how much can you haul in two hours?
First place in both classes gets a $25 cash prize!
- Where: Recreation Park
Corner of N. Congress and Oakwood St.
Ypsilanti, MI - When: June 26, 2010, 6 - 8 pm
- What: You'll have two hours to race to local grocery stores and buy food for Food Gatherers.
- Bring:A bicycle, a bag (or trailer!) and money for food
- Ride safe: helmets and lights recommended
- See the Facebook event.
Links to signs and various media can be found here. For more information, contact info@ypsivelo.org.
Note: are you a business or organization that is wanting to help out with Cranksgiving in June? Ypsilanti Velo is looking for anything we can use as prizes for racers. Send us an e-mail if you are interested to info@ypsivelo.org.
Posted at: 23:28 | category: /races | Link
Thu, 22 Apr 2010
HEAVY METAL TOUR
Tom "Taco Tour" Lennon with help from Ypsi Velo bring you the Heavy Metal Tour.
- When: May 15th, 2009, 4 - 6 pm
- Where: Recreation Park, Oakwood and N. Congress, Ypsilanti
- What: For two hours you will be let loose on Ypsi streets looking for the biggest, weirdest and most shred-worthy bits of metal and road debris you can find. Prizes for the most junk collected. Afterwards join us at Savoy where prizes will be given out before the last show of the Steel Wheel Duo's SpokeSongs Tour— these folks are touring by bicycle!
- After Party and Prizes: Savoy, 23 N. Washington, Ypsilanti
- Bring: A bag to haul junk
- Cost: FREE
- Download the Flyer
- Sponsored by:
- Tree Fort Bikes
- Velocity
- VGKids
- UrbanVelo
See the event on Facebook.
Your bike has a whole saddle but you'll only need THE EDGE!
Posted at: 12:09 | category: /races | Link
Sat, 23 May 2009
Cranksgiving in June
You've probably heard of Cranksgiving, races held each year near Thanksgiving to collect food to donate to local food banks. Ypsi Velo has been happy to help out with the local Cranksgiving the past two years, the last of which brought in an impressive half-ton of food for Food Gatherers.
Food Gatherers, the food bank for Washtenaw County, sees a lot of generosity around the holidays at the end of the year, but the need for donations is high year around, especially now. With that in mind, Ypsi Velo decided to hold a Cranksgiving in June, the same idea, just earlier in the year.
- Where: Recreation Park
Corner of N. Congress and Oakwood St.
Ypsilanti, MI - When: June 27, 2009, 6 - 8 pm
- What: You'll have two hours to race to local grocery stores and buy food for Food Gatherers.
- Bring:A bicycle, a bag (or trailer!) and money for food
- Ride safe: helmets and lights recommended
- See the Facebook event.
Links to signs and various media can be found here. For more information, contact info@ypsivelo.org.
Note: are you a business or organization that is wanting to help out with Cranksgiving in June? Ypsi Velo is looking for anything we can use as prizes for racers. Send us an e-mail if you are interested to info@ypsivelo.org.
Posted at: 19:55 | category: /races | Link
Mon, 27 Apr 2009
HEAVY METAL TOUR
Tom "Taco Tour" Lennon with help from Ypsi Velo bring you the Heavy Metal Tour.
- When: May 16th, 2009, 6 - 8 pm
- Where: Recreation Park, Oakwood and N. Congress, Ypsilanti
- What: For two hours you will be let loose on Ypsi streets looking for the biggest, weirdest and most shred-worthy bits of metal and road debris you can find. Prizes for the most junk collected.
- After: Stop by the Corner Brewery, Norris and E. Forest, Ypsilanti
- Bring: A bag to haul junk
- Cost: FREE
- Sponsored by:
- Geekhouse Bikes
- Traitor Bikes
- Tree Fort Bikes
- Yancopads
- VeloNews
Your bike has a whole saddle but you'll only need THE EDGE!
Posted at: 18:54 | category: /races | Link
Mon, 08 Sep 2008
Last Bus to Ypsi
The second Ypsilanti race Luke and I are putting on is Last Bus to Ypsi, which will happen the second Saturday in October (and even late enough in the day so that folks can attend....). Info on prizes will follow, as well as more details, but for now:
- Starts: 11 October 2008, 7pm, The Diag in Ann Arbor
- Ends: Recreation Park, Ypsilanti
- Cost: $10 day of race, $5 if you RSVP before the 4th
- RSVP/Questions: ypsiraces@tproa.net
Checkpoint volunteers really appreciated, e-mail us if you can help. If you'd like graphics of the sign to put up, send us an e-mail and we can get you hooked up.