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
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, 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
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
Wed, 11 Feb 2009
Hell Yes Sprints
I forgot to mention this, but you're in luck. Hell Yes and the folks from Fixed Gear Gallery are touring and holding goldsprints competitions. They were at the Blind Pig in our suburb to the west on the 9th, but they'll be back on the 23rd.
If you want to see what you missed, and what you won't want to miss on the 23rd, there's a nice writeup on it in the Ann Arbor Chronicle, and there's some photos I took of it here.
- Hell Yes Sprints
- 23 February 2009, 9pm
- The Blind Pig, Ann Arbor
Posted at: 11:42 | category: /events | 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.
Posted at: 21:09 | category: /results | Link
Fri, 19 Sep 2008
Random Notes for Last Bus to Ypsi
Just a few random notes to cover some questions we've gotten about Last Bus to Ypsi:
- We'll split the pot for the prizes (depending on how man folks show up, we may give it all to the first place, or split it amongst the first few placers). Plus, the first few placers will have first dibs on the sponsor swag.
- Any kind of bicycle is welcome — if it has two wheels and you pedal it, bring it
- The race starts in Ann Arbor and ends in Ypsi. No return part of the race back to Ann Arbor.
- You shouldn't need anything other than your bike, although given the time of year and the time of the race, lights are probably going to be a good idea. You will have to collect transfer tickets, so if you are coming in full road dork gear, you may want to make sure you have a pocket or something somewhere.
Posted at: 18:20 | category: /random | Link
Wed, 10 Sep 2008
Last Bus - Yancopads
Another sponsor rolled in today - Fresh from LA, Yancopads is sending some swag our way. I don't have one of their pads, but the plaid ones look spiffy, and I can say that they make a pretty mean hat.
Posted at: 18:55 | category: /sponsors | Link
Tue, 09 Sep 2008
Last Bus - Cog Magazine
From Milwaukee, future home of Romanticorp, the good folks at Cog Magazine put out another amazingly gorgeous cycling magazine. I just found the fourth issue in my PO box this morning, and I can't wait to tear into it. Cog is sending us some swag as well, so be sure to check them out.
Posted at: 08:49 | category: /sponsors | Link
Mon, 08 Sep 2008
Last Bus - First Sponsor
Our friends down in Pittsburgh, Urban Velo, are already onboard, sending us a box of swag for the race. Be sure to check them out: I've been a subscriber since issue one, and it's pretty good stuff. You can download all the issues, or send 'em a few bucks to get it in print. It's well worth it.