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 ($0.80/lb)
- Most Stores: Sandy Bledsoe (9 stores)
- Second Place Solo: Rex Roof (78lbs)
- Second Place Team: Jeff Gregory, Georgina Hinkley, Andy Hromadka (83lbs/27.67 lbs/racer)
- Secret Item: Baby Formula: Rex Roof
- People's Choice Award: Steve Allen
While we gathered less than the 1000lbs we got last year at this time, we also had more riders then, so our pounds per rider has definitely gone up.
Special thanks to all of our sponsors, who were very generous this year:
- In no particular order:
- Velocity
- Keirin Culture
- VG Kids
- Surly
- Ypsilanti Bicycling Coalition
- Tree Fort Bikes
- Arbor Brewing Company
- Mighty Good Coffee
- UrbanVelo
Photos can be found here
- Press:
- AnnArbor.com: "Cranksgiving" riders gather donations for Food Gatherers
- Washtenaw Voice: Pedaling for pounds of food
Thanks again for coming out, and see you for Crankgiving in June, sometime in June 2010!
Tom Lennon & Thomas Kula
Posted at: 11:32 | category: /results | Link
Sun, 28 Jun 2009
Cranksgiving in June 2009
While I always wish for more folks at races, I think this was an impressive haul: nine riders collected 815 pounds of food for Food Gatherers, the food bank for Washtenaw County. Sharing the prize for largest haul is Pieter Kleymeer and Jimmy Ragget with 325 pounds (a team average of 162.5 pounds). Sharing the prize for Best Budget Haul (most pounds gathered for dollars spent) are Jim and Forrest Karnopp with a total of 93 pounds of food in 41.35 dollars for 2.25 lbs/$. 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.
Photos can be found here.