🚴 Pedalpalooza 2026 🚴
Pedal to every Plaid Pantry in Portland — if you dare.
Sometimes you wake up, and think “How could I make my Sunday unnecessarily challenging?” or “How many sour skittles can I consume over the course of one bike ride?” And you think - why not ride to every single Plaid Pantry in Portland? Inspired by Simon Xu’s Plaid Pantry speedrun.
You’ll never be far from the next snack.
Plaid Pantry Century is a self-paced brevet-style century ride to visit all 53 Plaid Pantry stores in Portland by bike — solo or as a relay team of up to 6 people. Cue sheet provided. No one wins, everyone wins. Start anytime after 12:01am, end by 7PM for snacks, prizes, and celebration.
Sunday,
August 16, 2026
Part of Pedalpalooza 2026
Anytime after 12:01am
Plaid is open 24 hours- start early to beat the heat and traffic.
7:00 PM
Laurelhurst Park, Picnic Site B
Near Park entrance at SE Oak + SE 35th
Solo or Relay Team
Go it alone or tag-team it with up to 6 friends
All human-powered rides welcome.
Acoustic or Electric Bikes (must have pedals)
Maybe you can break out your Razor Scooter? Rollerblades? A shopping cart?
You versus every Plaid Pantry in Portland. On a bike. In a day.
Divide and conquer! Split the route between up to 6 teammates and hand off the baton (and Takis).
We run on the honor system — but bring receipts. Literally.
Buy something at each of the 6 designated checkpoint locations. A Rockstar Energy counts. A corn dog counts. It all counts — just keep that receipt.
GPS logs are not required but they are encouraged. But your checkpoint receipts and our trust that no one would lie about something so stupid is good enough.
Laurelhurst Park, Picnic Site B
⏰ 7:00 PM
Roll in to Laurelhurst Park, find Picnic Site B near the park entrance at SE Oak & SE 35th, share your receipts and celebrate. We'll be the sweaty people who smell like convenience store and look extremely pleased with themselves.
“ None of us are in shape! That’s why it’s fun. ”
— Plaid 100 rider who will be in pain on August 17
Whatever you have! E Bikes with pedals are A-OK but your battery will likely not last the whole ride unless you swap or charge mid-ride. There is a steep climb up to Skyline, totaling 2800 ft of elevation gain over the West Hills portion. This route is paved with a few one-block stretches of unimproved (gravel) roads in East Portland that you could go around if you've got super roadie tires.
You can make your own and swap off at any Plaid Pantry. Just ensure you get a time-stamped selfie with both participants when you switch riders. Each relay team must still get a receipt at each of the 6 checkpoints.
Do what you like! But be warned that we put the biggest hills at the very beginning of the route. If you go out of order, you might end up climbing a gnarly hill at mile 85.
You can do whatever you want for all the nothing you paid for this ride. But try to keep it in the spirit (100 miles! 53 plaids!)
We're not going to require GPS logs but they are encouraged. But your checkpoint receipts and our trust that no one would lie about something so stupid is good enough.
You can start anytime after 12:01AM and awards ceremony is at 7:00PM at Laurelhurst Park, Picnic Area B (near park entrance at SE Oak & SE 35th).
Bring your bike, lights, helmet, water bottle, cash or card to buy snackies, and something to hold your checkpoint receipts.
You're the boss of your own bad decisions.
We will make up our own prize for you if you do this by any of those methods.
Any attempts at this foolishness still get a special-edition patch at the awards ceremony. Safety is more important than completeness. You are doing this to have fun, right?
There are no winners or losers in the game of Plaid Pantry 100.
There are a few categories with special prizes.
Performance-enhancing Pepto-bismol and Tums are permitted. Also public restrooms along the route are marked on RidewithGPS.
No, but there are patches, stickers, and some other plaid pantry exclusive goodies (SOCKS! Beanies!) at the finish line party.
No, we are not that serious. Please bring tools to fix flats, or use my favorite Portland metro-wide SAG support, only $2.80 a ride with bike racks on every vehicle. Plaid Pantries have bike pumps and basic flat repair kits, and plenty of snacks available. Riders can request to refill their water bottles from the fountain, just tell them you're part of the bike ride!
Just email lillian (at) anomalily (dot) net and we'll try to answer!