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05/27/2011 02:45:31 PM · #1
Are you near a host city?

//wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.php?title=Category:Northern_hemisphere_ride_locations
05/27/2011 03:04:01 PM · #2
I was last year when i was living in Cardiff. Only caught a minute of it but it looked fun. I like wacky stuff like that. I guess you'd need a comfy saddle though!



Going to miss it this year though as i've moved house and won't be near.

05/27/2011 03:48:29 PM · #3
I've got some friends convinced that I'm actually going to ride in it, and yes, you'd need a comfy saddle. I would probably go ahead and wear my padded bike shorts and just go topless.
05/27/2011 04:22:14 PM · #4
When I lived in SLO, CA, there was a guy who went riding naked through downtown on a dare. The cops chased him and used their cruiser to crash, reportedly him giving him some serious road rash on his tender parts. OW!
05/27/2011 04:29:06 PM · #5
for the love of God please put your cameras away
05/29/2011 08:03:35 AM · #6
Why would we put our cameras away?
05/29/2011 11:42:09 AM · #7
Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:

Why would we put our cameras away?


Cyclophobia. Quite common in adults but unfortunately there is still much social stigma attached to stabilisers for the over 30s.
05/29/2011 01:54:40 PM · #8
I still do not understand what the purpose is. How is it possible they all don't get public indecency/nudity tickets? I know that the "naked pumpkin run" people all got busted in Boulder and (I think) still face charges, including having to report as sexual offenders. I am not even allowed to sit on my own property, naked, if viewable by the public...according to the law anyway. Haven't tested that. Besides, I am sure my neighbors do not want to witness it, as I do not want to see them. This goes the same for the participants in this. The vast majority, is someone you don't WANT to see naked in the first place.
05/29/2011 02:13:39 PM · #9
Jeez, what a screwed up place Boulder sounds. In the UK i think most people take it as a bit of fun, like Carnival or something. It's not a big thing though and i guess most people haven't head of it. It's all cleared with the police and is not illegal as an event. There is a guy who keeps trying to walk the length of the UK naked though and keeps getting put in a cell for the night. The British like their eccentrics though.
05/29/2011 02:18:56 PM · #10
As to what the purpose is....'Part of the eighth annual World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR), the fourth to take place in Cardiff, they’ll join thousands more internationally in this growing environmental protest and celebration of cycling and the human body. Public nudity at the event is also a powerful symbol of cyclists' vulnerability on the road, and the empowering experience of safety in numbers.'

05/29/2011 02:34:02 PM · #11
Ah well, it saves one the trouble of thinking "What shall I wear today?"
05/29/2011 02:41:10 PM · #12
I hope some of the old folks have chain guards
05/29/2011 02:42:20 PM · #13
If this kind of spectacle displeases you, you can always watch the Bare Buns Run :-)
05/29/2011 03:28:18 PM · #14
In York, we get at least 100 cyclists taking part - some completely naked, others with shorts or knickers on. The police supervise it, and they mostly get a pretty warm reception. If I am at home I will be out with my camera.
05/29/2011 05:34:43 PM · #15
There was one of these in Ottawa last year but I missed it.

The best I have seen photos of occured in Seattle. Beetle showed me some of the images she took and I truly was amazed at the body painting... to the point that I the nudity took a back seat to the "body paint costumes" that people had devised for the occasion. It truly was remarkable.

Ray
05/29/2011 05:37:07 PM · #16
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:

I still do not understand what the purpose is. How is it possible they all don't get public indecency/nudity tickets?


The purpose would seem to be "harmless fun".

As for the tickets, perhaps the police officers realize that the participants don't have any pockets that they could fit a ticket into. :O)

Ray
05/30/2011 12:13:19 AM · #17
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:

I still do not understand what the purpose is. How is it possible they all don't get public indecency/nudity tickets? I know that the "naked pumpkin run" people all got busted in Boulder and (I think) still face charges, including having to report as sexual offenders. I am not even allowed to sit on my own property, naked, if viewable by the public...according to the law anyway. Haven't tested that. Besides, I am sure my neighbors do not want to witness it, as I do not want to see them. This goes the same for the participants in this. The vast majority, is someone you don't WANT to see naked in the first place.


And I used to think Boulder was a fun/cool place...guess that's not the case anymore.
06/06/2011 09:11:31 PM · #18
I think the point is to get as naked as the law allows and DC law allows for quite a bit.....
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