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A Cambridge resident has mapped out a bike route that will take him to 92 Dunkin’ locations, ordering Munchkins at each stop.
Some are already calling him a “modern-day Paul Revere,” an icon, a hero, because on Friday, Adam Bigelow plans to bike the most Boston route ever. No, it’s not the Freedom Trail or the Boston Marathon route, but a path that takes him to every Dunkin’ in Boston proper.
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The 27-year-old consultant and Cambridge resident let the internet know this week of his grand plan of hitting up 92 Dunkin’ locations, and ordering a Munchkin at each store.
“Between the time the first Dunkin’ opens and the last one closes, I’ll have biked 80 miles and eaten 5,000 calories of Munchkins, and visited nearly 100 Dunkin’ locations,” Bigelow said on TikTok.
@big.adam.bikes I’m biking to every single Boston Dunkin on June 6th. That’s 80 miles, 96 locations, and 5,000 calories of munchkins. #biking #bikingadventures #boston #dunkin #citytour #logistics #nationaldonutday ♬ original sound – Big Adam Bikes
Bigelow eliminated certain Dunkin’ locations from his itinerary, including stores that are closed for construction or health code violations, or locations that are in sporting venues and the airport past security.
His journey begins Friday — also National Doughnut Day — at 4:30 a.m. in East Boston and likely won’t end until 7 p.m. The final Dunkin’ is the only store not located in Boston proper, but Chestnut Hill, where Bigelow said Dunkin’ is planning a celebration for him.
And yes, he said he’s really going to eat at every single location: One Munchkin, either blueberry or glazed.
To celebrate the holiday, Bigelow said he’d take advantage of Dunkin’s National Doughnut Day deal of one free doughnut at the halfway point of his journey.
He mapped out his path using the navigational app Komoot and figured out that he could only spend up to five minutes at each location and travel at a speed of 13 mph. He’d initially planned to have friends help him order or wait in line himself, but once Dunkin’ caught wind of the challenge, representatives told Bigelow they’d set aside a 3-count bag of Munchkins at each stop.
Bigelow has taken part in a similar bike trip before. Last year he and a friend biked all over Rhode Island to all 13 of its Taco Bell locations. They were successful in reaching all stores, but there were hard lessons learned.
“We made the mistake of over-ordering,” said Bigelow. That’s why he’s sticking to a strict diet of one Munchkin per store on Friday.
There were a lot of questions left unanswered when discussing Bigelow’s big plans, such as: What will you do with the Munchkins you don’t eat? Don’t you have to order a coffee to get a free Dunkin’ doughnut on National Doughnut Day? What happens if you have to use the bathroom? Do you think you’ll really make it to all 97 Dunkin’ locations in 15 hours?
But Bigelow isn’t too worried about having those questions answered. No matter how his Dunkin’ trek goes on Friday, he’s doing this bike trip to raise money for a charity cyclist event he’s participating in this month on Cape Cod.
He chose to raise money for the National MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Society because his girlfriend, Lily Fenton, was diagnosed with MS last year during a hiking trip out west.
“It made me feel powerless,” Bigelow said. “Her legs went numb, and we spent three days getting out of the inside of Grand Teton National Park to a San Francisco hospital.”
Though he’s already met his goal of $500 needed to participate in the Bike MS Cape Cod Getaway, Bigelow is still raising money before he bikes for two days across the Cape.
Until then, Bostonians can root for Bigelow when they inevitably end up ordering their medium iced coffee on Friday.
Dunkin’ also teamed up with Bigelow to give out gift cards to folks who see him along his route. The first 50 people get a $5 gift card, no questions asked. After that, others must show him that they donated $5 or more to his fundraising page for a $5 gift card, and those that donate at least $20 can get Dunkin’ swag.
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