A week ago Monday I wrote a post about a dozen Cranksgiving bike rides rolling out around the U.S. this month to collect Thanksgiving items for local food banks.
Some, like the one in St. Louis, draw upwards of 800 cyclists. Unfortunately, I couldn't find such a ride for Seattle.
Tom Fucoloro over at the Seattle Bike Blog read the story and thought it was a shame that Seattle didn't have such a ride. He immediately started to make things happen. Thanks to his efforts, Seattle's First Cranksgiving is scheduled this coming Saturday.
Here's why Tom thinks Cranksgiving is such a cool idea:
“You ride along a selected course where grocery stores are the checkpoints and food for charity is the entry fee. It's great way to see new parts of our city, experience different neighborhood grocery stores (I have attempted to pick more interesting local stores. Who wants to ride le Tour de Safeway?) and meet new people who share your interest in riding bikes and helping people put food on their tables.”
Here are the details:
Registration opens at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Cal Anderson Park; the ride starts there at 11:30 a.m. It ends at Genesee Park. There is no fee, although food costs could be about $20.
Participants will ride their bikes between the two parks, stopping at five grocery stores along the way to buy at least one item at each store. The food will be donated to the Rainier Valley Food Bank, which Fucoloco says it having a big food distribution that day.
A prize will be given to the first cyclist to finish, but prizes will be offered for the best costume, most food hauled, and for family riders so you don't have to race if you don't want to.
Prizes include a night at the Belltown Inn. Also, Cascade Bicycle Club will hand out free bicycle lights to the first 100 finishers on Saturday.
Sponsors include Seattle Bike Blog, Belltown Inn, Capitol Hill Seattle blog, Central Co-Op's Madison Market, and Bike Works.
Hope to see lots of folks out there of Saturday. This is a great cause.
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