Taco Truck Tour: “Like Critical Mass, only with less aggression and more tacos!”
Posted by Cyrus Farivar on October 26, 2009
Veni. Vidi. We ate a ton of tacos. (I personally had six tacos plus a tostada de ceviche.)
Man, what a ride! Thanks to all who came out! I don’t know what the total number was, but someone told me that at its peak we had 35 riders and taco aficionados! Wow! I’m stoked that so many people were out to enjoy the afternoon sunshine, biking y muchos tacos! (Scope the pictos, here.)
Also thanks to CouchSurfing, Thrillist, 7×7, FuncheapSF and mybart.org for helping me get the word out!
If I did talk to you, I’m glad to have met you! If I didn’t, make sure to come chat with me the next time around — for future reference, I was this guy.
Jennifer Webber and Ryan Morris sent me some photos. Email me if you have any more: cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org.
We even rocked a proudly used Twitter hashtag: #tacotrucktour. BTW, you can find the Twitter account for this blog @catacotrucks, or my personal account @cfarivar.
Dudes, I can’t express to you adequately how fun this was. I really thought that only three people were going to show up, which would have been fine. I didn’t anticipate being the “taco boss,” as someone called me. I’m just a guy who likes to eat tacos. And ride bikes.
I mentioned that there’s a Google Map of Oakland taco trucks. As you can see, we only made a small dent in the trucks here. I’d definitely like to explore more of what Oakland has to offer, and then perhaps do an SF version and maybe Richmond, too?
I’m thinking Sunday, November 22, 2009 for the next one? Again, Fruitvale, but this time, different trucks? I’m open to ideas. Feel free to leave ‘em in the comments. I’ll post once it’s finalized.
Stay hungry, and ride safe!
Wheeee! Man, I bet the taqueros were a bit surprised to have 35+ cyclists pull up to their troca. You mention another taco ride in November. How about, after that, a SF bay taco circuit, as in circumnavigate the bay in something like a chartered biodeisel powered bus? Around the bay in 80 tacos! We could turn it into something wild and fun, like get pledges for the number of tacos we eat and donate the $ to good causes. Hit maybe 5-6 taco hotbeds around the bay, grueling to be sure, but epic too. I vote to put Redwood City on the itinerary (my hometown). Give me a shout if it seems like a fun idea you might want to do.
Missed this one – won’t miss the next. 22nd sounds great to me.
22nd sounds great! I found out about this after Sunday so I’m so glad you’re doing another one!
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