Ypsilanti Velo

Mon, 22 Nov 2010

Ypsilanti-Ann Arbor 2010 Cranksgiving

12 folks came out on a lovely clear day and stayed through to the chilly end, gathering 448 pounds of food for Food Gatherers, the food bank for Washtenaw County. Prizes went to Josh Chamberlain (Speed - 34:47) and Eric Jankowski (Weight - 251 pounds). Eric was extra lucky and also won the Specialized Haul.

In no particular order, thanks to our sponsors, who were generous again this year with swag for riders:

Two Wheel Tango
Globe
Giro
Blackburn

An extra special thanks goes out to the good folks at Food Gatherers, who not only do an amazing job year around but also came through to make sure this event could happen. They can always use your help, consider donating to them or your local food bank.

A gallery of photos from the event can be found here.

Posted at: 19:42 | category: /results | Link

Mon, 28 Jun 2010

2010 Cranksgiving in June

Seven riders turned out to spend $387.06 collecting 596 pounds of food for Food Gatherers of Washtenaw County. The Unlimited Poundage award went to Sandy Bledsoe, who collected an amazing 330 pounds of food (nearly three times his body weight!). The Shopping List Award went to Andy Hromadka, who collected 1.3 pounds of food per minute in his single trip. The People's Choice Award went to Luke Robinson for his creation of an ad-hoc handlebar bag using one of those reusable plastic bags from Sav-a-Lot. In addition, a total of $96.68 was donated to Food Gatherers — Andy and Sandy donated their cash prizes and Sandy donated the rest of the cash he had raised.

Rider	Pounds	Time
Sandy Bledsoe	330	-
Jim and Forest Karnopp	124	-
Andy H.	46	34:56
Luke Robinson	47	53:26
Matt Klute	19	27:40
Tom Lennon	30	59:00

Thanks to the following folks for their donations of prizes for the riders:

Extra thanks are also due to all the folks who donated funds to Sandy and to Comet Coffee and Vault of Midnight for matching those donations.

Photos of the race can be found here.

Posted at: 22:23 | category: /results | Link

Sat, 15 May 2010

2010 Heavy Metal Tour

Ben H.: 116.5 pounds
Andy H.: 80 pounds
Rob: 57.5 pounds
Andy C.: 25 pounds
Chris G.: 22 pounds
Matt J.: 18 pounds
Terry C.:3 pounds

Grand total: 322 pounds.

Thanks go out to the following folks for prizes and sponsoring:

Photos of the race, and of the Steel Wheel Duo and the Riding and Rhythm Fest, can be found here.

Posted at: 23:48 | category: /results | Link

Sun, 13 Dec 2009

Ypsilanti-Ann Arbor 2009 Cranksgiving

29 riders braved the December cold to collct 800 lbs of food for Food Gatherers. Prizes went out to:

First Place Solo: Art (78lbs)
First Place Solo Budget: John Lennon ($1.96/lb)
First Place Team: Jeff and Amy (70lbs total/35lbs per racer)
First Place Team Budget: Michael Aldrige and Jm and Forrest Karnop ($0.80/lb)
Most Stores: Sandy Bledsoe (9 stores)
Second Place Solo: Rex Roof (78lbs)
Second Place Team: Jeff Gregory, Georgina Hinkley, Andy Hromadka (83lbs/27.67 lbs/racer)
Secret Item: Baby Formula: Rex Roof
People's Choice Award: Steve Allen

While we gathered less than the 1000lbs we got last year at this time, we also had more riders then, so our pounds per rider has definitely gone up.

Special thanks to all of our sponsors, who were very generous this year:

Photos can be found here

AnnArbor.com: "Cranksgiving" riders gather donations for Food Gatherers
Washtenaw Voice: Pedaling for pounds of food

Thanks again for coming out, and see you for Crankgiving in June, sometime in June 2010!
Tom Lennon & Thomas Kula

Posted at: 11:32 | category: /results | Link

Sun, 28 Jun 2009

Cranksgiving in June 2009

While I always wish for more folks at races, I think this was an impressive haul: nine riders collected 815 pounds of food for Food Gatherers, the food bank for Washtenaw County. Sharing the prize for largest haul is Pieter Kleymeer and Jimmy Ragget with 325 pounds (a team average of 162.5 pounds). Sharing the prize for Best Budget Haul (most pounds gathered for dollars spent) are Jim and Forrest Karnopp with a total of 93 pounds of food in 41.35 dollars for 2.25 lbs/$. The People's Choice Haul went to Andy Hromadka, the only person not in a team who brought in 72 pounds of food solo.

Name	Lbs Total / Lbs Avg	lbs/dollar
Adam Say / Matt Churches	218 / 109	1.95
Jimmy Raggett / Pieter Kleymeer	325 / 162.5	1.87
Jim and Forrest Karnopp	93 / 46.5	2.25
Luke Robinson / Nick TenBrink	107 / 53.5	1.77
Andy Hromadka	72 / 72	2.14

Many thanks go out to the sponsors who sent us prizes: The Ann Arbor Chronicle, Urban Velo and Yancopads.

Photos can be found here

Posted at: 01:55 | category: /results | Link

Mon, 18 May 2009

Heavy Metal Tour Results

1st Place: Jonny L - 42.5 lbs.
2nd Place: Andy C. and Andy H. (tie) - 38 lbs
3rd Place: Natalie, Chris G. (tie) - 24 lbs
Single Largest Item: Natalie - Half of a leaf spring, 14.5 lbs
Most Unusual: Matt - garbage disposal
Most Dangerous: Trey - knives, Forrest - heavy spikes, Jonny - rusted, spikey re-bar
Most Numerous: Skipped, items too numerous to count, probably Andy C.
Total poundage: 13 riders with a total of 286.5 lbs

Photos can be found here.

Kudos to Tom L. for organizing the race, and Andy C. for making signs/spokecards.

Posted at: 08:23 | category: /results | Link

Sun, 12 Oct 2008

Last Bus to Ypsi Results

Place	Name	Time	Route
1	Jimmy Raggett	31:01	4-4
1	Chris Ridgard	31:01	4-4
3	"Stubby"	31:52	6-6
4	DOUBLE J (broken spoke)	33:04	3-3
5	Zachary Cleveland (best landing)	38:45	4-4
6	Ben Congleton	41:03	4-4
7	Adam Say (The Flatt on Platt)	41:19	6-4
8	Georgina Hickey	46:20	6-6
9	Pieter Kleymeer	48:47	6-3
10	Matt Churches	50:56	3-4
11	Chris Smith	51:52	3-6
12	Tom Lennon	52:02	3-6
13	Andrea Bachman	1:03:46	6-3

Excellent race, and for the most part, things went well. And we even managed to go through four dozen doughnuts from Dexter Cider Mill (and I'm glad I called to order them the day before, since I didn't know the 11th was Dexter Cider Dayze....)

Luke and I would like to thank everyone who came out and the folks at Yancopads for getting us swag on time. We'd also especially like to thank Nick Tenbrink, Ryan Patrick, and Luke's friend whose name I always forget for volunteering to run checkpoints.

We've got an idea for a spring race. Until then, be sure to check out Night of the Living Tread III and Cranksgiving, both over there on the right side.