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World Naked Bike Ride Day (aka "Critical Ass")

Submitted by Christopher

Edited by Christopher

Seattle, Olympia, and Bellingham are among 22 cities that will celebrate World Naked Bike Ride Day to promote the end of U.S. oil dependence. Seattle police will allow the ride to occur as, "from a legal standpoint, being nude is not considered obscene behavior".

"Why is the world so afraid of naked people?" Conrad Schmidt, organizer of the event, asked. "There is nothing more peaceful than a naked person on a bicycle. We are more afraid of naked people than we are of cars and global warming and nuclear missiles. Nobody worries about these things, but people are worried about naked cyclists."

 

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friedbanana105

friedbanana105

Antarctica
November 2003

JUN 11, 2004 09:42 PM

Seattle police will allow the ride to occur as, "from a legal standpoint, being nude is not considered obscene behavior".



sure, they can be naked, but they'd better be wearing helmets.

royaljack

royaljack

Brooklyn, NY
OLD SKOOL

JUN 11, 2004 09:54 PM

"Why is the world so afraid of naked people?" Conrad Schmidt, organizer of the event, asked.



Because cycling naked people are--frankly--a bit disgusting. The chaffing. The sweating. The flying body parts as the wind brushes the dirt up against them. Not to mention if someone takes a spill, they will have a skinned everything and then some.

Almost sympathize with the concept, but it seems like more good intentions gone haywire.

Ravnos

ravnos

Edmonton, AB
OLD SKOOL

JUN 11, 2004 10:05 PM

I'd like to see someone come and knock over a bunch of them while they ride. Imagine the road rash they'll get.

Jeff_Fries

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA
September 2003

JUN 11, 2004 10:08 PM

Why tan when you can scab?

Semitic

Semitic

Boston, MA
December 2003

JUN 11, 2004 10:20 PM

christopher said:
Seattle, Olympia, and Bellingham are among 22 cities that will celebrate World Naked Bike Ride Day to promote the end of U.S. oil dependence. Seattle police will allow the ride to occur as, "from a legal standpoint, being nude is not considered obscene behavior".

"Why is the world so afraid of naked people?" Conrad Schmidt, organizer of the event, asked. "There is nothing more peaceful than a naked person on a bicycle. We are more afraid of naked people than we are of cars and global warming and nuclear missiles. Nobody worries about these things, but people are worried about naked cyclists."




It's things like this that are so self defeating.

Irina

Irina

HOPEFUL

Santa Fe, NM

JUN 11, 2004 10:22 PM

So can anyone tell me if this is happening in New York City as well?

/me wanders off to look for her bike...

Tjaden

Tjaden

I'm lost
June 2003

JUN 11, 2004 10:22 PM

Ravnos said:
I'd like to see someone come and knock over a bunch of them while they ride. Imagine the road rash they'll get.



Actually... that happened a few years ago, if my memory serves me correctly. During the solstice pradade, which kicks off the Fremont Fair, there've always been nude cyclists that "streak" the parade. On this particular year, there'd been complaints leading up to it about the previous year's cyclists... so the cops were on the lookout. And, sure enough, they streak the parade... and as the stories have it... the cops jumped out in front of them and ended up "causing" a crash that resulted in numerous injuries.

And so the story goes. whatever

AkiraLi

AkiraLi

Philadelphia, PA
March 2003

JUN 11, 2004 10:26 PM

All I can think of is...

TAFKASP

TAFKASP

Oakland, CA
June 2003

JUN 11, 2004 11:16 PM

remind me not to buy a used bike from anyone in seattle, bellingham, or olympia...

"eww, this bike seat smells like ass!"

Ciroc

Ciroc

Santa Barbara, CA
December 2003

JUN 11, 2004 11:24 PM

'There is nothing more peaceful than a naked person on a bicycle."

somehow i doubt that.

friedbanana105

friedbanana105

Antarctica
November 2003

JUN 11, 2004 11:59 PM

ideas_of_entropy said:
remind me not to buy a used bike from anyone in seattle, bellingham, or olympia...

"eww, this bike seat smells like ass!"



that reminds me of the old joke where there's an ad in the paper:

women's bicycle seats: $10 new, $30 used.

fiendish

fiendish

Brick, NJ
December 2002

JUN 12, 2004 04:27 AM

ouch blackeyed

[Edited on Jun 12, 2004 by fiendish]

fiendish

fiendish

Brick, NJ
December 2002

JUN 12, 2004 04:28 AM



[Edited on Jun 12, 2004 by fiendish]

FallFromGrace

FallFromGrace

Seattle, WA
March 2004

JUN 12, 2004 05:06 AM

I can see this happening in Bellingham. I happen to live there... we got ourselves some strange people lup here.

Ravnos

ravnos

Edmonton, AB
OLD SKOOL

JUN 12, 2004 08:55 AM

christopher said:
Seattle, Olympia, and Bellingham are among 22 cities that will celebrate World Naked Bike Ride Day to promote the end of U.S. oil dependence. Seattle police will allow the ride to occur as, "from a legal standpoint, being nude is not considered obscene behavior".

"Why is the world so afraid of naked people?" Conrad Schmidt, organizer of the event, asked. "There is nothing more peaceful than a naked person on a bicycle. We are more afraid of naked people than we are of cars and global warming and nuclear missiles. Nobody worries about these things, but people are worried about naked cyclists."



Actually, now that I read this again, that quote reminds me of the nudist from Pressing The Issues with Maurice Chavez on Vice City Public Radio.

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