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World Naked Bike Ride - version suitable for Edinburgh

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  1. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Meanwhile, in Portland, they've decided that the 2011 World Naked Bike Ride is to be held on June 18th. And now some bright spark, obviously fed up with annual exhortations to ride in the buff, has organised...wait for it...the First Annual World Clothed Bike Ride.

    "Are you tired of all the pressure to ride bikes naked? Are you sick of seeing the jiggly bits of people who don't ride bikes otherwise?

    Then this ride is for you!

    This will be a celebration of our right to wear clothes (multiple layers even!) while going on a fabulous bike ride! Costumes and sarcasm encouraged. Don't mope alone during WNBR this year!"

    There's apparently a page on social network central about it. But I'm not a member so I can't read it. Perhaps Edinburgh can take part after all, with hundreds of actually-not-naked-at-all cyclists protesting about environmental vulnerability and things.

    Posted 14 years ago #

  2. spytefear
    Member

    Random!

    Posted 14 years ago #

  3. chdot
    Admin

    http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Cyclists-gearing-up-to-grin.6774112.jp

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. ruggtomcat
    Member

    Just recieved a message from the organiser of the Glasgow naked bike ride:

    "hello
    I am sorry the event wont happen as I am too busy to organise it - if any one wants to do it please let me know asap I'll give you admin rights
    - also James already drafted a tour of glasgow to do...

    let me know by monday
    thanks
    greg    "

    by Admin rights he means acessto the facebook page.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  5. TwoWheels
    Member

    Cyclingwise, Portland is the Copenhagen of the U.S. (just hillier, rainier, colder, and with fewer cyclists), so I'm not surprised they have the wherewithal for clothing-discretionary sports.

    But a WNBR in Edinburgh? Somehow doesn't seem in keeping with the tenor of the city. Unless, of course, underneath all that literate gentility, the City that Holds My Heart hides a randy skirt.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  6. kaputnik
    Moderator

    But a WNBR in Edinburgh? Somehow doesn't seem in keeping with the tenor of the city.

    Quite.

    We need a world shellsuited bike ride

    Posted 13 years ago #

  7. Smudge
    Member

    Shellsuit? No no, you're confusing Edinburgh with Easterhouse...

    World fur coat and no knickers (or trams come to that) surely!

    Posted 13 years ago #

  8. wingpig
    Member

    A place perhaps better-suited to a naked theme would be Newcastle, though despite its night-time reputation for absence of coats in men and minimal coverage of women the turnout for the Spencer Tunick thing a few years back was relatively low.

    Having a naked ride event during the daytime in the summer is perhaps a problem, particularly amongst the fair-skinned of the north when there's a distinct risk of sunburn. If it was at night in the spring or autumn there'd be less of a problem with sunburn (and the visibility of nakedness for those whom it might offend) and some impetus to ride at a decent speed in order to keep the body temperature up.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  9. kaputnik
    Moderator

    wingpig, you could just ride up and down the St. leonards tunnel in your pants to keep the sun and heat off?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  10. chdot
    Admin

    http://road.cc/content/news/36529-suffolk-magistrates-fail-see-funny-side-cyclist-who-rode-naked-through-speed

    Posted 13 years ago #

  11. chdot
    Admin

    "The Portsmouth leg of the World Naked Bike Ride will take place this Thursday after the city council insisted it was a police matter after it received a petition signed by 1,500 locals seeking to stop the ride."

    http://road.cc/content/news/36780-council-gives-protesters-against-portsmouth-naked-bike-ride-bums-rush

    Posted 13 years ago #

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