- Where: Marin Country Mart Near the Farmer’s Market
- When: Saturday, November 12. Registration starts at 1PM. Ride starts at 2PM.
- After-Party: 5PM at the Marin Brewing Company, Larkspur
- Register: Let us know you’re going at the Marin county Bicycle Coalition web site here
- Facebook: Cranksgiving Marin
My favorite part of bicycling is that it makes me feel connected to the community. When you ride a bike, you don’t ride through a community, you ride in it. You feel this ethos when you are with other cyclists. It’s a community. So as thanksgiving approaches, it only makes sense that cyclists would reach out to do something for the community around them. Yuba Bicycles is proud to be sponsoring this event to benefit the community food bank this year. Please join us.
Cranksgiving is a charitable event that happens every year all across America. It has become a new tradition that cyclists can be proud of. Cranksgiving Marin is our local cycling community coming together to help the less fortunate by collecting food for the Marin County Food Bank. It’s a fun way to use our bicycles for a great cause. We’ll ride to different grocery stores to collect all the food on our shopping list on a scenic tour through six marin county communities.
Riders will receive a “manifest” before the ride that they will use as a shopping list to purchase items from various grocery stores along the route. Bagging rights go to the rider or team that completes first and the rider/team that collects the most. In the end, the community wins. All food is donated to the Marin county Food Bank who efficiently redistributes food to those in need.
The event is free, but you need to bring enough money to purchase the items on the manifest. We recommend asking people you know to help by donating to your cause. Remember to bring your biggest panniers and strongest bike if you plan to collect a lot of food. And don’t forget your lock, too.
Celebrate with us at the After-Party hosted by Rock The Bike at the Marin County Brewing company starting at 5:00 when the winners of each category will be announced. Any donation for the music at the after party will be gladly accepted.
