Folding Bikes - World Naked Bike Ride pics - nudity, but only bottoms, don't look if it'll offend you

This was a LOT of fun. Y'all should have been there. Downtubes being ridden as nature intended! This is me, and Lady DowntubeDiva Jo!

Just before the start: NSFW

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Samuelw72/P6060007.jpg

Down the main street!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Samuelw72/P6060011.jpg

In front of the Bargate!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Samuelw72/JoBargate.jpg

Had to turn those images into links.

Nice one Sam, maybe I'll join you next time when I've got my IXFS!

(it's Rich/Zee from UKH btw!)

Dude! these are the best!
How many riders were there about?
Does this ride take place on the same date every year?

And if someone is offended... Take a pill! Preferably something lethal :)
(they dont have to click on the link)

So do ya just throw the seat away afterwards? :)haha or hang it in the attic to keep the bats out:)

R-20's: Too small to get laid on, but when you get off, you will get laid :)

thanks for the post, and thanks for not showing your Kibbles-N-Bits, family jewels, yard tackle, your sunday night "swing-a-long",your stubborn friend, your jake the snake, your "Top of the Mornin', your "Junk"... And so on...

I wasn't offended in the least, but company IT people have filters that can block the forums.....and that's no good at all for those who surf at work if they suddenly can't access BF anymore. ;)

What happened to the velochoc ads?

Yan's Downtube brand will never be the same again It is now Ass-cending :D

Sammy, very good shots to "get by the censors"!

Similar event here in Portland, OR late night, June 23rd. I doubt they need any mid-60's bodies in it, though.

Now I know why the name has chocolate in it. :)

Where is this legal? Very cool btw, conjures memories of the movie Old School

No worries Tom - do what's best to do. The ads were there, just not very visible in the pics. They blew away before long once we started riding, but I talked to quite a few people before the ride. It's legal to be naked in England, more or less, but there are offences you could be prosecuted for if you rode down the high street on your own. The police aren't interested in hassling people on an event like this, however. It was such a great evening!

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I don't agree. What's the point? Are you advocating the benefits of nude cycling? There are none. I see you didn't give up shoes. By your actions "normal" people are just encouraged to view cyclists as "nuts". Do what you want in your own time/space, but when you live in a society you have to take into consideration other peoples feelings.

I don't agree. What's the point? Are you advocating the benefits of nude cycling? There are none. I see you didn't give up shoes. By your actions "normal" people are just encouraged to view cyclists as "nuts". Do what you want in your own time/space, but when you live in a society you have to take into consideration other peoples feelings.

Well you would have a point say re. kids seeing naked cyclists pass by but everything is relative isn't it? You can't pontificate about what is acceptable in society and naked bike rides when you still have the death penalty in Texas..............

I don't agree. What's the point? Are you advocating the benefits of nude cycling? There are none. I see you didn't give up shoes. By your actions "normal" people are just encouraged to view cyclists as "nuts". Do what you want in your own time/space, but when you live in a society you have to take into consideration other peoples feelings.

You don't agree with what? The point is twofold; firstly to draw attention to the benefits of cycling over driving, and second, to promote body acceptance. It accomplishes both. The nudity makes people notice the "protest" more, makes them much happier and more positive about it than about Critical Mass for instance, and also gets away from the idea that everyone should be perfect. The UK is, thank God, not as hung up as the States about nudity, and we got almost 100% waving, honking, laughing, cheering, high 5's etc. A few people looked away, or looked grumpy, but in a democratic society 95% of the people don't have to go along with what the other 5% think all the time. The main reason for doing this is that it was FUN, and it lightened lots of people's days no end, both those on the ride, and those who we passed. It was like a moment of naked carnival. The time (6:30 pm on a Friday) was chosen specifically so there would be a minimum of kids out, not because seeing a naked person harms a child at all, but because people tend to be more sensitive about it when there are kids around. In practise, the people that we saw with kids were laughing with them, and taking it all in the sense of fun in which it was intended.

I don't think anyone reads very much into the psyches of cyclists in general from this, and if they did, then judging by the reactions we got, they may have changed their minds from thinking of us as moving roadblocks to fun people. Throughout the entire ride I didn't see or hear one complaint.

Take a look at these pictures of the crowd. This is how people responded. I picked these for their lack of naked content, but if you looked at all my 80 odd pictures, this is what you see. People were not upset - what's to be offended about in the human body?

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Samuelw72/BystandersZoom.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Samuelw72/P6060051.jpg

I don't agree. What's the point? Are you advocating the benefits of nude cycling? There are none. I see you didn't give up shoes. By your actions "normal" people are just encouraged to view cyclists as "nuts". Do what you want in your own time/space, but when you live in a society you have to take into consideration other peoples feelings.If people were meant to go about naked they would be born without clothes on.

:roflmao2:

If people were meant to go about naked they would be born without clothes on.

:roflmao2:

Oh boy ... that is funny. Glad that you had a good time Sammy.

I've just discovered I'm naked under my clothes. So THAT's what those are...

Well done S. and Mrs S.

Better sterilze them seats when finished. I heard Yan was coming out with a new seat called the "skid mark".

:roflmao:
I love the on of your divababe - so joyfull
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3.../JoBargate.jpg

Better sterilze them seats when finished. I heard Yan was coming out with a new seat called the "skid mark". Or add another business to selling used womens' panties:

Ex-naked bike ride seats used by females...............

How about saddle liners, they would adhere to the saddle while riding nude and when you are done just take them off and dispose of them.

Fantastic, Sammy. What prudes we have in some parts of the country (U.S.).

Here's the website for last year's World Nude Bike Ride in San Francisco (http://zombietime.com/world_naked_bike_ride_2007/), and the reaction here is pretty much as it was there in the U.K. - lots of smiles and 'thumbs ups'...

If you're offended by frontal nudity, DON'T CLICK THE LINK.

Here's the website for last year's World Nude Bike Ride in San Francisco (http://zombietime.com/world_naked_bike_ride_2007/), and the reaction here is pretty much as it was there in the U.K. - lots of smiles and 'thumbs ups'...

If you're offended by frontal nudity, DON'T CLICK THE LINK.
Same reaction here in Portland - laughter, smiles, and mirth. :)

LOL, the ones here road right past my apartment earlier. No camera handy at the time, but now I know how to answer the thread about whether cycling shrinks butts. It apparently doesn't :-)

I don't agree. What's the point? Are you advocating the benefits of nude cycling? There are none. I see you didn't give up shoes. By your actions "normal" people are just encouraged to view cyclists as "nuts". Do what you want in your own time/space, but when you live in a society you have to take into consideration other peoples feelings.

Yep, yer a Texun allrighty, yesseree bob.

The state that brought us the current administration and the general decline of everything over the last eight years unless you happen to be listed in the Fortune 500, teenage pregnancy rates going through the roof...frequently in some religious-nutjob cult, right-to-lifers supporting the death penalty and war, right-to lifers shooting medical personnel, heck- pretty much shooting anything that moves, just ask Cheney, drive through liquor stores, a belief that the universe is about 5,000 years old and we are the product of an incestuous relationship between the first woman and her murderous son, and an educational system that makes it all possible.

But for some reason nekkid people makes them crazy. They're perfectly fine with dead people just so long as they are clothed.

Me, I like nekkid people. The more the merrier. Guess that's why I lived in Venice Beach and hung out at San Onofre and Black's Beach. Luckily the GF liked nekkid people too.

It is nice to see how tolerant we are of all people as everyone has a right to their own views. This is the problem here in the USA if you dont see it my way then I an going to pull the hate card. We should all pull together and regardless who gets elected not let our great country get divided by this type of rhetoric and name calling.

I feel a classic Queen song coming on...

http://www.sebododisco.com.br/imagens/31923.jpg

I have to say that I don't object to people thinking "you shouldn't do this". It depends on the reason. You think it's morally wrong, or a bit unpleasant? Fine - I can cope with disagreement. I just won't take the "you can't go offending people like that" argument - people weren't, and if a few were, well there's no human right not to be offended. I've read the local newspaper report this morning - 100% supportive and positive. I'll post it when I can.

Below is the full photoset, but be aware these are the uncensored versions, and definitely Not Safe For Work. People who were glad not to "see it all", don't look at this.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/94073194@N00/

Bravo!

It is nice to see how tolerant we are of all people as everyone has a right to their own views. This is the problem here in the USA if you dont see it my way then I an going to pull the hate card. We should all pull together and regardless who gets elected not let our great country get divided by this type of rhetoric and name calling.

No sure if this is directed at me or senseamp, and I do apologize for getting a bit hyperbolic in my response. After twenty some odd years of self righteous moralizing from folks like this, it seemed that it was time to look past their words and observe their actual behavior. He sure doesn't feel that everyone has a right to their own views, nor does he care that there may be people who are not offended by nudity. He is right and he knows The Truth and that's that. I have no problem with him not looking at the pics, though for some strange reason he felt compelled to despite being warned, and how he conducts his life is no concern of mine unless it impacts mine. However, I do get tired of these people going out of their way to tell me that there is something wrong with me because I don't think like they do, and they have been busy bending the law to try and force me to.

I just saw pictures of a bunch of people enjoying themselves and having a good time and he just saw dirty pictures, so I think I'll keep my version of reality, thank you very much.

Doesn't "divided by this type of rhetoric and name calling" pretty much define the last eight years?

"I would love to have that kind of faith...but I have thoughts" - Lewis Black

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

I feel a classic Queen song coming on...

http://www.sebododisco.com.br/imagens/31923.jpg

Very good, two in one stroke.

Anyone else notice how the willingness of someone to bare it all seems to be in an inverse proportion to whether they should.

I guess it's a supply and demand thing, but people, please.......

Anyone else notice how the willingness of someone to bare it all seems to be in an inverse proportion to whether they should.

I guess it's a supply and demand thing, but people, please.......

Think you might be missing the point? Utterly? There's no "should". Either it's ok for everyone, or no-one. I presume this is directed at myself and my friend (Lady DowntubeDiva is not my wife, who couldn't ride this year since our son is only 4 months old), but this is not about giving people a lovely show for pleasure. On the contrary, it's about saying that EVERYone's body is ok, and that people should feel happier and more comfortable about them. And of course, your view is totally out of whack - if you look at those pictures, there's slim people, and big people, pretty people and ugly people. Just people, all in all. This same complaint gets levelled at nude beaches "It's never the people you want to see", as if people were somehow doing it for your pleasure.

Here's the news report:


Naked cyclists take to the streets
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IT was one of the most revealing protests Southampton had ever seen.

Onlookers could not believe their eyes when 200 people stripped off for a naked cycle ride through the city to protest against the global dependency of oil and motor vehicles.

Wearing nothing more than a cycle helmet and a pair of trainers, scores of riders of all ages, shapes and sizes pedalled through the city centre last night leaving a trail of surprised and smiling people behind them.

In the second year the peaceful protest has come to Southampton, twice as many riders joined the nude event which also aims to demonstrate how vulnerable cyclists are when they travel on a busy road surrounded by other vehicles.


Drivers honked their horns in support as the cyclists, who had started from the eastern side of Southampton Common at Highfield, passed through Portswood.

By the time they reached the city centre, rounded the Bargate and headed up into Above Bar small crowds were waiting with their cameras ready to capture the revealing scenes.
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City centre shop workers finishing for the day and restaurant customers enjoying food and drink in the sunshine also stopped to cheer on the protestors.

Not all cyclists took to the hour-long ride completely naked with many choosing to join the protest in beach gear or underwear, while others chose to paint themselves the colours of their favourite animals.

Southampton organiser Rob Jordan said the ride was all about having fun while driving home a serious message.

"Its great fun to ride and everyone enjoys taking part in the event," he told the Daily Echo.

"We get a lot of smiles and a lot of cheers as we go round.

"We really just want to draw attention to the issues we are promoting about oil dependency and get more people to spend more time on their bikes and less time in their cars."

"Last year in Southampton we had 102 people take part and it looks like we have got a lot more than this year. These events just keep getting bigger and bigger."

The Southampton ride was the first leg of the World Naked Bike Ride in the UK this year. Others are taking place in London and Brighton over this weekend.

More than 2,000 people are expected to take part across the UK in seven cities during June.

5:26pm Saturday 7th June 2008

I don't agree. What's the point? Are you advocating the benefits of nude cycling? There are none. I see you didn't give up shoes. By your actions "normal" people are just encouraged to view cyclists as "nuts". Do what you want in your own time/space, but when you live in a society you have to take into consideration other peoples feelings.



Well you would have a point say re. kids seeing naked cyclists pass by but everything is relative isn't it? You can't pontificate about what is acceptable in society and naked bike rides when you still have the death penalty in Texas..............




Yep, yer a Texun allrighty, yesseree bob.

The state that brought us the current administration and the general decline of everything over the last eight years unless you happen to be listed in the Fortune 500, teenage pregnancy rates going through the roof...frequently in some religious-nutjob cult, right-to-lifers supporting the death penalty and war, right-to lifers shooting medical personnel, heck- pretty much shooting anything that moves, just ask Cheney, drive through liquor stores, a belief that the universe is about 5,000 years old and we are the product of an incestuous relationship between the first woman and her murderous son, and an educational system that makes it all possible.

But for some reason nekkid people makes them crazy. They're perfectly fine with dead people just so long as they are clothed.

Me, I like nekkid people. The more the merrier. Guess that's why I lived in Venice Beach and hung out at San Onofre and Black's Beach. Luckily the GF liked nekkid people too.


ROFLMAO

Ain't folk hilarious?

In this society senseamp we don't get in a twist about a few people riding their bikes in the nude. We think it's funny, especially if they look like Sammyboy! (LOL).

A cople of years ago we had the phenomenon of the naked rambler. This geezer and his girlfriend set out to walk the length of the British Isles in the nude. The woman did some of the distance, but the guy walked the length of England, spending a very short time in the company of a narrow minded policeman somewhere in the south, but he was soon released and went on his way. However when he got to Scotland, he was arrested and jailed repeatedly, and each time he got out, he went right back to where he'd been snatched by the Scottish law, took his clothes off and carried on. Sadly, owing to the narrow minded bigotry of the Scotish police and the local Sheriffs, he spent months in chokey as the dour bretheren of the Kirk, couldn't get the though of having a naked man walking the hills of northern Britain through their narrow minded Calvinist heads. I expect they'd have arrested Adam and Eve as well unless their leaves covered them properly.

http://www.nakedwalk.org/images/stories/walk_photos/egginton/nw_1_canal600.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4735024.stm



Naked rambler completes his trek
Gough and Melanie Roberts
Gough was arrested several times on his journey
Naked rambler Stephen Gough has completed his second trek from Lands End to John O'Groats.

Mr Gough and his partner Melanie Roberts, 34, from Bournemouth, reached the north coast of Caithness on Monday.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41357000/jpg/_41357098_rambler203.jpg

The ex-marine, who began his 874-mile trek in June, has been arrested and jailed on several occasions.

Mr Gough, from Eastleigh in Hampshire, said he wanted to challenge public attitudes to nudity. He celebrated his success by putting his clothes on.

Video cameras

Mr Gough, who first completed the trek in January 2004, did not rule out doing the journey again.

Speaking from a John O'Groats cafe, he said: "It's nice to get warmed up again.

"It has been pretty cold and the locals have been coming up to us offering us whisky and all sorts.

"They've been very, very friendly. We passed a school and there were even parents coming out with video cameras."

However, the naked pair had encountered problems earlier in their journey.

Mr Gough was jailed for two weeks in September for breach of the peace by walking naked on the A701 in Midlothian.

Cover up

He was arrested again moments after leaving Edinburgh's Saughton prison for refusing to cover up and was bailed.

And he was later jailed for two months at Dingwall Sheriff Court for breach of bail conditions and was sent back to Saughton to serve his sentence.

As he left jail in November, Mr Gough was again arrested for refusing to cover up.

Last month, he was admonished by a sheriff for breaching bail conditions by failing to wear clothes as he left prison.

The pair were picked up by police near Dingwall after an outraged Kirk minister spotted them and complained about their nakedness.

And they were arrested again as they neared Dornoch Bridge in the Highlands.

In this society senseamp we don't get in a twist about a few people riding their bikes in the nude. We think it's funny, especially if they look like Sammyboy! (LOL).


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I definitely think the climate in Britain has changed over the last few years with regard to nakedness - it really isn't regarded as a big deal now. I think we're on our way to being the next Denmark, and all the healthier for it.

I looked and I certainly wasn't offended,
you know what's offensive? that the Naked Cowboy in Times Square is not NAKED!
and tourists pay to have a picture with him.

I think that one photo was a bit 'near the knuckle' you should have given a more specific warning!
A nekkid Nexus 7! YeeGods! Whatever next!
But what a bugger, was in Brighton the day before with American band Zebrahead, even spent a few hours on the nudist beach sunning my bits & my Strida 5!
The Brook in Southampton tomorrow, are you about Sammy?

Safe riding & tanning!

Chop!

Cover up or you'll all get skin cancer.

I think that one photo was a bit 'near the knuckle' you should have given a more specific warning!
A nekkid Nexus 7! YeeGods! Whatever next!
But what a bugger, was in Brighton the day before with American band Zebrahead, even spent a few hours on the nudist beach sunning my bits & my Strida 5!
The Brook in Southampton tomorrow, are you about Sammy?

Safe riding & tanning!

Chop!

Which one was near the knuckle? I'm around tomorrow Chop, but it's my first wedding anniversary, so I'm very definitely on duty - would've loved to come out for a drink otherwise. Let me know next time, as I don't make a habit of wedding anniversaries every week.....

Awesome event, I understand there were US counterparts in broadminded cities... I wonder if anyone was riding one of these:
http://www.selleanatomica.com/images/P5110011.JPG

Ouch.

Anyone else notice how the willingness of someone to bare it all seems to be in an inverse proportion to whether they should.

I guess it's a supply and demand thing, but people, please.......

Actually, i've seen more people in spandex who shouldn't be than naked people. At least the naked ones had open minds and originality.

Awesome event, I understand there were US counterparts in broadminded cities... I wonder if anyone was riding one of these:
http://www.selleanatomica.com/images/P5110011.JPG

Ouch.

Thanks for an image forever engraved in my mind. Just what would be expected from a fan of Red Meat.

Cover up or you'll all get skin cancer.

Anyone who's been to a nude beach learns this on the first day. You never forget.

Reminds me, I gotta get a seat cover for my new brooks saddle.

My dog walks about with a bare arse all the time. Nobody even turns a hair, not even when she takes a crap in the street - at least not as long as I clean up after her. It takes a certain confidence to walk around with your arse on view - dogs have it, Sammyboy and his friend, I don't know. Maybe those grins say they are't quite used to it yet.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Samuelw72/P6060007.jpg

:)

I'm used to it, but more on the beach than on the High Street! Jo? That was her first time. She laughed all the way round. As we left the starting point, she said to me "You know what's weird? This doesn't seem weird". Then, when they stopped us on a busy street between two crowded pubs, to allow everyone to catch up, I said to her "Still don't feel weird?". She said "No, feels totally normal, but fun!". That shot that you reference, however, was right at the start, she'd had her dress of for about 2 mins, and wasn't completely at home with it yet! That was one I thought I could use for publicity purposes.....

I'm around tomorrow Chop, but it's my first wedding anniversary, so I'm very definitely on duty - would've loved to come out for a drink otherwise. Let me know next time, as I don't make a habit of wedding anniversaries every week.....
Happy Anniversary, Sammy! :beer:

Which one was near the knuckle? I'm around tomorrow Chop, but it's my first wedding anniversary, so I'm very definitely on duty - would've loved to come out for a drink otherwise. Let me know next time, as I don't make a habit of wedding anniversaries every week.....

LLongyfarchiadau Mr & Mrs Chocolate LOL! Hope you have a great day (clothed or not!!!)
Sitting in my bus outside 'The Brook' sweating in this globally-warmed hell-hole!! But on the bright side, they've got a washing machine, so I get to do a few weeks laundry, YOOPEE!
P.S. it was the naked 7 speed Nexus hub in the second photo set!

May all your Anniversaries be sunny and happy!

Chop!