Cranksgiving Philly 2025 Results + Gallery
Cranksgiving is a nationwide bicycle-powered food drive. Find official results and photos from Philly's 2025 event here.
Cranksgiving Philly, a bicycle-powered food drive, was held November 8, 2025 and challenged participants to collect and deliver donations to local food banks and community fridges. More info on the event's format and history can be found here: Cranksgiving Philly Primer + Official Rules.
206 individual riders registered to participate in Cranksgiving's Fun Ride, Checkpoint Race, or Points Race, in which they competed in various categories. The goal was to raise 3,000 lbs of food and $1,000 in donations to benefit Philabundance and Homies Helping Homies.
By the end of the day, Philabundance confirmed, Cranksgiving participants donated a grand total of 6,028 pounds of food using zero trucks, cars, or carbon emissions. Another roughly 200 pounds of food was donated directly the Homies Helping Homies warehouse in South Philly. Additionally, $1,916 were raised and donated directly to Philabundance and Homies Helping Homies to support their operations.
Over 6,200 pounds of food and $1,916 were donated to Philabundance and Homies Helping Homies
Tremendous thanks are in order for everyone's participation and incredible generosity 🧡
In the Fun Ride, anyone could participate in any way that best suited them.
In the Checkpoint Race, participants would need to retrieve a grocery item from each grocer on a secret manifest. The first to return from each category would win.
In the Points Race, participants across a variety of categories would earn a score based on the total weight donated, how many stores they shopped at, and how many runs they made.
Don K became the seven-time Cranksgiving Philly champion by single-handedly collecting and donating 955 pounds of food on a fixed-gear bicycle.
Don K, pictured above, has a highly refined Cranksgiving strategy and shares it online. Want to see how Don's done it before or find out how you can take next year’s throne? Read more at donklipstein.com.
Organizing the event for our second year, we've learned a lot. We're really excited to bring Cranksgiving back in 2026 by repeating what worked well and making improvements based on lessons we learned. Cranksgiving 2025 was a massive success thanks to everyone who attended, supported, volunteered, and helped us to plan and execute the event. Thank you so much.
Please support the sponsors and partners shown above. They graciously offered thousands of dollars worth of prizes and giveaways, invited their audiences to support, tabled or offered their space, and are overall just amazing organizations that work really hard to make our lives better.
Without further ado, here is the . . .
Cranksgiving Philly 2025 Gallery
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