SMSW 2012 Rider Portraits

I'd like to echo Jenny's thanks to everyone who rode yesterday. Our event can't succeed without your pedal power and generosity. The rain was certainly a concern for us, but that was no match for you, we appreciate you braving the weather for our cause.

No rain, means no rainbows.

In addition to the wet weather, we had a number of amazing mechanicals yesterday that deserve mention. Sweep veteran Seth Sternglanz taco'd a wheel at his last stop under a few bags of rice.

Another returning sweeper, Liam Casey, taco'd a wheel and had the presence of mind to snag a backup bike from the bike parking lot at AT&T park. Here he is with this corn-flower blue beauty substitution at the end:

In a 'Sweep first, we also had a broken frame! (Many at the finish line suspected the Jets jersey was the root of the problem).

Thanks to all the repeat sweepers who showed up yesterday, I recognize many of you from previous years. We appreciate your continued support of the 'Sweep. Alvin Chen and his crew came all the way up from San Jose to represent (no death trains this year). I'd also like to point out his exceptional choice of footwear for yesterday's weather, no wet socks to worry about there.

See all the portraits on my flickr set, SMSW 2012 Rider Portraits.

Thank You For Another Great Year!

Thank you all for making this another wonderful year for the Supermarket Street Sweep! While the weather wasn't ideal this weekend and reduced our numbers this year, Mother Nature did her best to help us out and gave us a break in the weather during the actual race. We even received a rainbow at the start: 

But the threat of rain didn't stop lots of intrepid veterans and new faces coming to the start! Our final tally shows that 128 racers registered at the Bow & Arrow and 119 completed the entire race. (Here they are doing their last-minute strategizing before we let them go...)

Our fine Sweepers raised a staggering 6,552 lbs of food, which is pretty impressive given our smaller group! In 2010, when rain was also predicted (but we lucked out then as well and had clear skies), we had 171 racers who brought in 6,920 lbs. of food. So this year's crew worked extra hard - and we and the San Francisco and Marin Food Banks greatly appreciate it! 

We also raised $6,606 through FirstGiving, and last year's Cargo race winners Eric and Cooper Downing donated an additional $250 at the finish. We also had $210 come in at the after party through our awesome 21st Amendment beer donation, and Bridget May and Pamela Palma will be donating $339.64, the leftover amount from their Cargo Sweep efforts. And we heard someone was planning on doing a matching grant for the amount of food that was raised. So we'll keep you posted on the final cash total we brought in this year!

A huge thanks goes out to all of our wonderful sponsors, helpful volunteers, rideSFO for hosting the after party, and to Kalie, Tiffany and Blaine at the SF and Marin Food Banks and of course, to all of you for helping families in need. Thanks for your patience as we improve the race every year, and we apologize for any mistakes we made in calculating the results. We strive to make it more fun each time and look forward to seeing you next year!

P.S. Watch Koshi's Flickr feed for your finish line photos. Email Jeff at theloinsf if you'd like to order a Sweep t-shirt. More photos here at flickr.com/plattyjo and Pamela Palma's Facebook page and Flickr. 

2012 Supermarket Street Sweep Results

1st CARGO FEMALE

Bridget May – 282 LBS

Burley trailer; Joshu + Vela Bag; B. Spoke Tailor cashmere helmet warmer / arm warmers; Ahrens Wisecracker; Alite chair; Sheila Moon jacket; Sweep t-shirt made by the loinSF; Alloneword cap; Freight beer holster; 53 miles per burrito patch; $5 coupon from Huckleberry Bicycles; Urban Velo beer coozie; stickers

1st CARGO MALE

SEAN SEVILLA – 418 LBS

XTRACycle Gift Certificate; Bikes in the City poster; $25 Sports Basement Gift Certificate; Ahrens Wisecracker; Sweep t-shirt made by the loinSF; free tune-up from Fresh Air Cycles; Chuey Brand cap; Archive hip bag; 53 miles per burrito patch; $5 coupon from Huckleberry Bicycles; Urban Velo beer coozie; stickers

1st SPEED FEMALE

KATIO STYER– 200 PTS – 3:45PM (Defending Champion)

Blue Fast Rider rain cape from Huckleberry Bicycles; Spy Optic sunglasses; Alloneword cap; Boozely’s Pickles; Sweep t-shirt made by the loinSF; $5 coupon from Huckleberry Bicycles; Icebreaker Merino t-shirt coupon; Urban Velo beer coozie; Phil Wood lube & grease; Crane bell; stickers

1st SPEED MALE

ADAM SHAPIRO – 220 PTS 3:44PM (Defending Champion)

Red Fast Rider rain cape from Huckleberry Bicycles; Spy Optic sunglasses; Swerve cap; Boozely’s Pickles; Sweep t-shirt made by the loinSF; $5 coupon from Huckleberry Bicycles; Icebreaker Merino t-shirt coupon; Urban Velo beer coozie; Phil Wood lube & grease; San Marco socks; stickers

1st FUNDRAISER

BRAD SIMERAL - $6320 

Pamela Palma photo; Ahrens Wisecracker; Alite chair; Spy Optic sunglasses; Rapha jersey; Sweep t-shirt made by the loinSF; Archive bottle; Urban Velo beer coozie; Clif shot; stickers & coupons

2nd FUNDRAISER - $217

ALVIN CHEN

CARGO FEMALE

2nd - VALKYRIE SAVAGE – 137 LBS

3rd - PAMELA PALMA – 123 LBS

4th - VANESSA CHRISTIE – 121 LBS

5th - SACHA IELMORINI – 107 LBS

6th - JESSICA HEMERLY – 59 LBS

7th - KYRHA GUTIERREZ – 53 LBS

8th - LIZA TIMMERMANS – 38 LBS

9th - JENNIFER OSGOOD (w/ JONATHAN GERKIN) – 23 LBS.

CARGO MALE

2nd - BRAD SIMERAL – 323 LBS

3rd - ALVIN CHEN – 212 LBS

4th - GREG MCQUAID – 179 LBS

5th - DENNIS LEE – 177 LBS

6th - EVAN SAVAGE – 141 LBS

7th - KELL WOB – 130 LBS

8th - JOEL WINTER – 130 LBS

9th - MARK WHEELER – 118 LBS

10th - TIM TSURUDA – 117 LBS

11th - AUS LACROIX – 107 LBS

12th - LIAM CASEY – 106 LBS

13th - DYAMI SERNA – 92 LBS

14th - SQUEAKY CLEAN DAVE – 87 LBS

15th - ANDREW HO – 67 LBS

16th - TED KETAI – 48 LBS

17th - TY – 46 LBS

18th - NICHOLAS MCCLINTIC – 31 LBS

19th - TANNER SJF – 31 LBS

20th - COLLIN WALEDISEL – 27 LBS

21st - LUIS CISNEROS – 24 LBS

22nd - ROBERT PETERS – 16 LBS

SPEED FEMALE

2nd - SAM BELL – 200 PTS  - 3:46PM

3rd - LAURA SCHNIEDWIND – 160 PTS – 3:42PM

4th - TORI WENTWORTH – 160 PTS – 3:42PM

5th - JENNIFER CHAN – 160 PTS – 4PM* (Points tally error corrected, originally listed as 110 PTS)

6th - MAY WOO – 140 PTS – 3:30PM

7th - BECCA COHEN – 140 PTS – 3:42 PM

8th - LEAH RICCI – 130 PTS - 3:45PM

9th - KELLIE SU – 130 PTS 3:52PM

10th - CONSTANCE CAVALLAS – 120 PTS – 3:22PM

11th - AERI SWENDSON – 120 PTS – 3:22PM

12th - LIZ BINNING – 120 PTS – 3:53PM

13th - JENN CHEN – 110 PTS – 3:22PM

14th - NICOLE BRISEBOIS – 100 PTS – 3:34PM

15th - KYLA LANGEN – 100 PTS – 3:34PM

16th - WEDNESDAY KIRWAN – 90 PTS – 3:48PM

17th - NUALA SAWYER – 70 PTS – 2:07PM

18th - TRACY PENELLA – 70 PTS – 3:12PM

19th - SAVANNAH FWOD – 50 PTS – 2:49PM

20th - LAUREN MCKENZIE – 50 PTS – 2:49PM

21st - HEATHER FWOD – 50 PTS – 2:49PM

22nd - CANDICE CIESLA – 50 PTS – 4PM

SPEED MALE

2nd - DAN RUSSELL – 210 PTS - 3:55PM

3rd - ZACH MORVANT – 190 PTS - 3:45PM

4th - ERIC GREENWOOD – 190 PTS - 3:47PM 

5th - LOUIS EISENBERG – 190 PTS - 3:47PM

6th - JON MOLDOVER – 190 PTS  - 3:47PM 

7th - LOREN O’HARA – 190 PTS - 3:47PM 

8th - CHRIS HART – 170 PTS - 3:38PM

9th - SAM NEWMAN – 170 PTS - 3:38PM

10th - ALAN SCHOEN 170 PTS – 3:38PM

11th - CRIHS NYC 170 PTS – 4PM

12th - PAUL WOB – 170 PTS – 4PM

13th - DANNY SNYDER – 160 PTS – 3:34PM

14th - MICHAEL THOMAS – 160 PTS – 3:38PM

15th - CHRIS ARENA – 160 PTS – 3:43PM

16th - ADAM DUBINSKY – 160 PTS – 4PM

17th - KEN HO – 150 PTS – 2:50PM

18th - EMERSON AALTO – 150 PTS – 250PM

19th - PHILLIP MOONEY – 150 PTS – 3:33PM

20th - CHRIS PHIPPS – 150 PTS – 3:33PM

21st - PETER TENNESSEN – 150 PTS – 3:38PM

22nd - BRENDAN COOK – 140 PTS – 3:48PM

23rd - JUSTIN PLUE – 130 PTS – 2:21PM

24th - CARLOS BALAM – 130 PTS – 2:50PM

25th - TIM GROSS – 130 – 2:50PM

26th - JASON THORPE – 130 – 2:56PM

27th - PETER RIGANO – 130 – 2:56PM

28th - KEVIN CHENG – 130 PTS – 3:22PM

29th - MATTHEW BLAIN – 130 PTS - 3:30PM

30th - MITCH TRUX – 130 PTS - 3:33PM

31st - NATHAN LEE – 130 PTS – 3:37PM

32nd - ROB VILLANUEVA – 130 PTS – 3:37PM

33rd - DEVIN RILEY – 130 PTS – 3:39PM

34th - ALAN BARBARAN – 130 PTS – 3:46PM

35th - BRYCE NEWMAN – 130 PTS – 3:48PM

36th - MATT DUCOT – 130 PTS – 3:52PM

37th - ANTON BENNETT – 120 PTS – 3:07PM

38th - BEN MACKEN – 120 PTS – 3:48PM

39th - JOE CORRICK – 120 PTS – 3:53PM

40th - ANDREW MCDADE – 120 PTS – 3:53PM

41st - RONNIE TWIST – 110 PTS – 3:29PM

42nd - MAX HUNTER – 110 PTS – 3:34PM

43rd - BRENDAN ALLEN – 110 PTS – 3:34PM

44th - JOEY MAUK – 100 PTS – 2:21PM

45th - BEN YUSA – 100 PTS – 2:22PM

46th - JASON GROVE – 90 PTS – 3:05PM

47th - MATT HEROUX – 90 PTS – 3:48PM

48th - ROBERT KURTZ – 80 PTS – 3:12PM

49th - JIM WHIMPEY – 80 PTS – 3:35PM

50th - UKIAH PEARSON – 70 PTS – 2:20PM

51st - MATTHEW SANTILLAN – 70 PTS – 2:42PM

52nd - MARK SANTILLAN – 70 PTS – 2:42PM

53rd - NAVI THACH – 70 PTS – 3:12PM

54th -  JASON BINSOL – 70 PTS – 3:34PM

55th - JONATHAN WEAVER – 60 PTS – 3:38PM

56th - RICHARD CASTILLO – 50 PTS – 1:34PM

57th - GINO GABUYA – 50 PTS. – 1:34PM

58th - BRANDON HARRISON – 50 PTS – 1:36PM

59th - FRED MOYER – 50 PTS – 2PM

60th - COOPER DOWNING – 50 PTS – 2:57PM

61st - ERIC DOWNING – 50 PTS – 2:57PM

62nd - DAVID SCORTTINO – 50 PTS – 3:12PM

63rd - PAUL GALLAGHER – 50 PTS – 3:53PM

64th - JORDAN SCHILLING – 50 PTS – 4PM1

Dear All,

Thank you so much for signing up to participate in this year's Supermarket Street Sweep! The many families in need in the Bay Area, as well as the San Francisco and Marin Food Banks, will appreciate the food you'll be donating on Saturday.

The start of the race is at Cupid Span's sculpture (Bow & Arrow) at Embarcadero & Folsom. 

We'll start checking you in at 10:45AM. You'll receive a spoke card, manifest (which details your shopping route and list), stickers and a water bottle. Ideally we'll get all of you on the road by noon! If it's raining, feel free to bring a small bag of clothing / towel that we can drop off at the after party spot for you. You'll be able to change there. 

The end of the race is at 4PM sharp at the San Francisco Food Bank (900 Pennsylvania Avenue). If you arrive after 4PM, we'll have to disqualify you, so be on time! The Food Bank also officially closes at 4PM, so you'll have to enter / exit out of the small side gate after that. 

The after party location is nearby at rideSFO / Sandbox, 132 Missouri Street. You can have (2) free beers from 21st Amendment; just show your spoke card and our volunteer will mark it each time. After that, beers are $1/each with proceeds going to the SF & Marin Food Banks. There will also be some free soft drinks and bottles of water, first come, first serve. An El Tonayense taco truck will be on site from 4-6PM (and can hang around longer if folks are still eating.) Tacos will be $1.75, burritos are $7. 

Lastly, if you bring back extra food, you'll be entered into our raffle. 

Any questions? Email us at supermarketstreetsweep@gmail.com. Thanks for being a badass and braving the elements to help a great cause. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

Have fun and good luck,

The Supermarket Street Sweep Team

This Year's Speed Race: A Guide

Hey Sweepers,

It's less than a month until the Sweep day! We hope you're just as excited as we are about this year's event.

Many of you have participated in all of the Sweeps we've hosted in the past 7 years, and some of you will be joining us for the first time. We're changing up the format for our SPEED race this year to make it more accessible for newcomers, but we're hoping it also poses a fresh, new challenge for our veterans. Think of it as a "Choose-Your-Own-Speed" format!

Here's a copy of the manifest that Koshi, our rad designer and co-organizer, has put together this year. (Note: it will look much better in the final version as we edited it to add in generic info.)

In previous SPEED races, racers would have to go to 5 grocery stores, shop for the food listed on the manifest, then bring it all back as soon as possible.

Now the SPEED race is based on both TIME and POINTS. You need to get at least 50 points to finish the race, but the top winners will have the most points overall.

There are 4 neighborhoods that have stores with different point values. Stores closest to the start at the Bow & Arrow (Embarcadero & Folsom) will be worth 10 points each. The store that's farthest away is worth 40 points. You must buy ALL of the food listed from each store; the final manifest will have specific products listed. We've also set up the manifest so that you can use it as a checklist.

You can mix and match the route to suit your abilities. If you want an easier route, just ride to all 5 nearby stores. Buy two (1) lb. bags of food at each store. After you visit all 5 stores, you'll have 50 points and you can head to the Food Bank (see Example Route A).

Here's an example of a harder route: ride to a 10 point store, then go to stores farther away for 20 or 30 points. Let's say I ride to Store 1 and buy two (1)-lb. bags of the specified food to get 10 points.  Then I decide to go to farther and get four (15)-oz. cans at another store for 20 points, then head farther out still to the next store to buy five (1)-lb. bags of food for 30 points. That's a total 60 points.

If you're truly speedy, hit a 10 point store first, then head off to the 40 point store to make your minimum 50 point total quickly (see Example Route B).  Then you can hit more stores after that to rack up additional points to your total!


Lastly, there's no substitutions for food items. So if a store runs out of the particular item, you better hustle to another one that has what you need.

So how many stores can you visit before 4PM? It will take some strategy on your part to assess both the best route and whether you can hit them all before the deadline - so plan wisely! If there's any ties with points - say two racers come in with 50 points - the one with the faster time will be ranked higher.

Any questions? Please feel free to email me at supermarketstreetsweep at gmail dot com or post up in the comments. We look forward to seeing you on December 1st!

Hail to the Sweep!

Here's another fantastic poster designed by Koshi - with an election theme for this year! Feel free to share.

The fundraising competition is now open!

The page for our Dollars for Dinner competition to benefit the San Francisco and Marin Food Banks is up! The food bank can turn every $1 into $6 of food, so fundraising really helps out those in need.

Chug Your Drink With Style!

Hey Sweepers! The first 225 folks to register online for the race get a rad water bottle with our lovely logo - so visit EventBrite today!