This was the first public ride I’d organized (through the SF Bike Coalition calendar). When 48 people RSVP’d I got a little concerned about logistics, but it all worked out. Here are photos from a few of us:
First off, this is what 100 hot shumai on a bike rack looks like:
The route, with a specific 1 or 2 styles of dumplings planned for each stop:
Riding:
Behind a Bomb Squad truck for a few blocks:
New Fell St bike lane with soft-hit posts:
Meeting up with a group of 40 friends and friendly strangers: 
Beautiful day:
Our first dumpling pickup:
Dirt path paralleling 19th St in the Richmond:
Sneaky paved car-free bike path in Golden Gate Park from 20th Ave to the North shore of Spreckles Lake:
Lakeside picnic:
By pure luck, we were by the lake on Second Saturdays Model Yacht Club day:
Serendipitous matching of red, white, blue, yellow:
Third dumpling pickup stop of four (we’d called ahead, the 150 dumplings were ready within minutes of arrival):
Devouring them at a park just above Stern Grove a few blocks away:
And after a bit of a hill workout on 20th Ave, biking back through the park, past an abandoned pedal-car:
That was a great way to spend a few hours. Thanks for coming, everyone-new-I-met, and thanks friends who helped buy dumplings, mark turns, and bring up the rear so we didn’t get separated.
I think the stars of the dumpling parade were the xiao long bao from Dumpling Kitchen (which survived surprisingly well without bursting for our few-block ride), the pork and chive dumplings from Kingdom of Dumpling (especially with their euphoria-stimulating orange chili sauce), and the steamed-and-pan-fried pork buns (chewy, rich almost creamy pork filling) from Dumpling Kitchen.