The Cookie Drop started the way most good cycling stories do — inside a small, family-owned bike shop, where chaos is the default setting and mechanics are basically wizards pretending they’re not.

One rider showed up with cookies as a “thank you” for a save-the-ride rescue.
The shop lit up.
The mechanics actually smiled.
Someone said, “We should do this more often.”
And for once in cycling, everyone agreed on something.

What started as one spontaneous act of appreciation turned into a ritual riders wanted to repeat — city to city, state to state, ride to ride.

No corporate sponsorships.
No fundraising gimmicks.
Just real cyclists realizing:
Holy crap… kindness actually works.

Why the Cookie Drop Exists

Bike mechanics are the quiet heroes of the sport.
They fix the crashes, the mystery creaks, the “I swear it wasn’t doing that yesterday” noises, the wrong-sized parts you bought at midnight, and the race-day disasters you absolutely caused yourself.

And most of the time?
They get zero recognition for it.

The Cookie Drop is our way of saying:
“I see you. Thank you. Also, please don’t judge my cables.”

A badge + cookies = instant joy.
It strengthens local shops, builds real community, and sends kindness rippling through the one place every cyclist eventually returns to: the service bay.