And another Video!

From Mike Pelletier

Another Photoset

From Sharon Goldberg

More from iliketotakepictures on Flickr

A Video!

Karl Stanton on Vimeo

Cranksgiving NYC - November 19th, 2011 from karl on Vimeo.

A photoset

See more on facebook.

Results

175 Riders. $1350 in donations (and rising). Lots of food.

1st Place Guy: Doug Dalrymple
1st Place Girl: Kym Perfetto
2nd Place Guy: Crihs Thormann
2nd Place Girl: Lindsay Welsh (first alleycat!)
3rd Place Guy: Carlos from Queens
3rd Place Girl: Roz from Boston (who's going to run Cranksgiving in Boston next year)
4th Place / First Tandem: Heather Muller & Andras Revesz
4th Place Guy: Dave Trimble
4th Place Girl: Jen Whalen

Most Generous: Andrew Katzander from Poleriders who filled a 3'x3'x2' cargo tricycle with food.

First Out of Town: Davey Davis from Salt Lake City, UT - 18th place overall, and organizer of Salt Lake's Cranksgiving since 2006

Full results will be posted soon. As of Monday, Nov 21, we've got about $1350 in donations, but we'll hold off on the final tally until early December. It's not too late to donate to City Harvest & The New York Bike Messenger Foundation!

Video

Roz from Boston. She edits fast!

Another pretty awesome video from the start. From Urban Cyclist Worldwide.

This year's finish line gets catered

Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop & Perelandra Natural Foods

Perelandra is cooking cookies and Tiny's is bringing out sandwiches for everyone who makes it to the finish this year. Go shop at these places after this weekend!

Swag!

Come out to ride & win prizes!

This is just a sampling of what we've got to give away. Our sponsors keep this ride extra rewarding.

Seagull Bags:

Mer Bags:

Vaya Bags:

Holdfast:

Chari:

BicycleRadio.com

Cranksgiving.org gets interviewed by bicycleradio.com out of Phoenix, AZ. Listen to the 11/15/11 program, starting at 25:00

Cranksgiving is a puzzle.

Show up to registration early to make a good route

Here's a little hint about Cranksgiving: You have to figure out the best route. It might not be that obvious. You only have to hit 5 stores, but this is out of a choice of 25. There are a lot of different ways to do it. Do you think you can figure out the fastest? Here's what last year's manifest looked like, just to give you an idea:

Donate food this week

Can't make it to the ride? Donate canned goods & we'll get 'em.

Four LES locations are collecting food donations for Cranksgiving this week. If you're nearby and/or have some extra stuff in your cupboards, bring it by, and we'll send Andrew from poleriders.com to pick it up on Saturday.

• Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop - Rivington & Norfolk
• 88 Orchard Coffee Shop - Orchard & Broome
• Jillanne Cards & Gifts - 9 Stanton St @ Bowery
• Perelandra Natural Foods - 175 Remsen (Brooklyn)

Cranksgiving 2011 Flyer

Homemade Turkey Suit!

Starring Erik from Mess Kollective.

Ride your bike. Help the Homeless.

Registration begins 12:30 at Solar 1 - 23rd St at the East River

Over 200 riders came out for the largest NYC Cranksgiving ever in 2010. $2,000 worth of food was brought to St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen, Nazareth Housing, and Yorkville Common Pantry. $1,895 in cash was raised for City Harvest and the NYBMF. 220 pounds of baby food was donated. Over 1,000 pounds of food were donated. See full results here.