Note: Numbers here will still be in flux as items are recalculated and donation continue to roll in. Check back periodically. We should have final figures by the week of Nov 15. Like this year’s villain, Baron Von Baste, we’re sticklers for detail!
 
 

Santa Fe Cyclists Crush It for The Food Bank in 2026

Turnout: 128 Riders.
2149.5 lbs of food brought in rider’s backs, panniers, etc
307 Turkeys, Chickens and Hams!

Add in cash donations from well wishers and the corporate rider matches – and we’re at well over 8.8 TONS of groceries in support of The Food Depot.

Cranksgiving is a nationwide phenomenon taking place in more than 100 cities each fall. Originally an underground race between NYC bicycle messengers 26 years ago, the movement continues to grow and find purchase in the imaginations of grassroots organizers across the country and around the world.

Santa Fe’s Cranksgiving has been held every November since for the past 18 years, with the exception of a year off due to Covid. Over the last decade and a half the silliness encompassed by this ‘race that is not a race’ has grown from a modest checklist of grocery items and a list of stores into a three ring circus with bonus challenges, secret items and obstacles posed by local bike shops. Riders tend to return year after year and some of those participants have themselves turned into organizers… Doing good is infectious!

2026 Leaderboard

  • Fastest individual Rider – Bill Roth (35 minutes)
  • Fastest Large Team – BayWa r.e. Solar Systems (negative 5 hours, 37 minutes)
  • Fastest Small Team – Santa Fe Fat Tire Society (negative 52 minutes)
  • Most Generous – Snack pack (60 lbs per rider!)
  • Most Turkeys Fundraised – Team BTI (32!)
  • Fastest Out of Towner – The Road Runners (81 minutes)
  • Best Costume – Sweet Potatoes
  • Young Pedaler Award – Basher Dashers
  • Lantern Rouge – Dang Ruthies (last team to the finish)


Special Thanks to our volunteers and business supporters:

We want to specifically single out the following planners and volunteers for their contributions this year: Gilbert Quintana, Benny Rose, Garrett Madrid, Nathalie Nunez. And of course Juan Ancito, Jade Perea, and Amanda Bregel, and the returning volunteers from The Food Depot who help us every year with weighing in all this food. Also BIG THANKS to many others at BTI for jumping into the fray.

 

One again, BIG thanks to our 2026 Sponsors

 

Oh, and for those who missed it – it was Baron von Baste with the Turkey Baster!

 

2026 Sponsors