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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:22 PM
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Here's something you don't see everyday-Naked cyclists in oil protest ride
Edited on Sat Jun-11-05 06:33 PM by dogday
A group of naked cyclists took part in a bike ride to protest against oil dependency and to "celebrate the human body."

Crowds gathered as about 100 people set off from Hyde Park corner, London, in the World Naked Bike Ride past some of the capital's most famous landmarks.

Most of them stripped fully naked for the 10km (6.2 miles) cycle past Piccadilly Circus, Big Ben, Covent Garden, Oxford Street and the United States Embassy.

Some bikes were decked out with banners reading 'Oil is not a bare necessity but a crude obsession' and 'Support the trade justice movement'.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050611/344/fkx04.html

Find Pictures Here-Naked People Riding Bikes\
http://www.barewitness.org/worldnakedbikeride04.html
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POAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:24 PM
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1. How the hell can you do a story about
naked cyclists and not include pictures, That's just so GOP.
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Pharaoh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:25 PM
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2. photos?
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:26 PM
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3. More from the article but STILL no pictures
One of the organisers, Chad Neilson, 24, from North London, said part of the ride was to celebrate the human body.

"It's a protest against oil dependency and car culture and the overuse of cars for unnecessary reasons. There is too much pollution, it stinks in London, and we use too much fossil fuel. I think people should be a lot more comfortable with their bodies. There is nothing wrong with the naked body."

Under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 exposing oneself is against the law if a man or woman does it knowing that they might cause alarm or distress.

A spokesman for Scotland Yard said an officer had the power to arrest if an offence had been committed but he added: "Speaking generally, officers clearly have the power to exercise their discretion." He said police were aware of the event and had reminded organisers to adhere to traffic regulations and the highway code.

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ConfuZed Donating Member (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:29 PM
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4. I'm not interested until I see high-quality photos! :P
IM SERIOUS!
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:32 PM
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5. Everyone Happy Now, I posted the link for pictures above.....
Edited on Sat Jun-11-05 06:36 PM by dogday
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merci_me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:36 PM
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6. Awww, quit yur whining!
Someone e-mailed me the story earlier today along with this pix. I assume it's a picture of the actual protest in London.

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ConfuZed Donating Member (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:37 PM
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8. Bah thats it?
...hmmm they don't have tan lines :)
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yella_dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:37 PM
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7. Oh! This is some sick shit.
Do you have any idea what a bike seat will do to unprotected and unrestrained pink bits after 6 miles?

I'm goin' to bed and pull the covers up over my head.

Owww...
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ConfuZed Donating Member (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:39 PM
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10. ...If it makes you feel any better some bikes have towels on them n/t :)
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truth2power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 08:14 PM
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22. ......
:rofl: :rofl:
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:39 PM
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9. "i want to ride my bicycle....."
with the "fat bottom girls make the rock`n world go round"....
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Guckert Donating Member (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:39 PM
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11. My EYES !!!!! AAAHHHH.
:wow: :puke: :scared:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:44 PM
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:54 PM
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13. This may be a worldwide event. Its occuring today in Boulder, CO too
Edited on Sat Jun-11-05 06:58 PM by Democrats_win
PG pics from last year's event

http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/boulder/

On edit, I guess it is a worldwide event!
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Carni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 06:56 PM
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14. I wish they wouldn't mix these issues
Celebrating the human body and oil protest to me...doesn't have jack shit to do with each other.

They should celebrate their nudeness in a seperate bike jaunt or something IMO

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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 07:03 PM
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 07:06 PM
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18. Or To Draw Attention To Their Cause.....
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Carni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 07:12 PM
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19. It's the whole bike riding thing ACK!
I just can't get past the whole bike seat sweaty naked people sitting for a long time aspect (LOL)

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LibertyorDeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 07:00 PM
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15. Gawd think of the possible injuries
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 07:03 PM
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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 07:45 PM
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20. If you want frontal pics look for the 'Eduard Koller' link that
Edited on Sat Jun-11-05 07:47 PM by IndyOp
is just below the third photo on the page - Seattle ride...
<http://www.barewitness.org/worldnakedbikeride04.html>

The photos are plenty frontal, and in my opinion, a lot more tasteful than the commercial for the "New Gilligan's Island" that is running on TBS on TV -- the one in which Ginger and MaryAnn have a pie fight and then playfully wrestle on the picnic table.

A :toast: to the people who rode naked -- if the MSM won't cover anything that doesn't titilate (like the court case of a possible pedophile) then maybe we should march naked to get the MSM to cover the Downing Street Minutes and all other evidence of * lies.
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 07:49 PM
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21. Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "road rash".
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slaveplanet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-11-05 08:24 PM
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23. How bout the "Naked Nemesis"
at Alton towers UK- students try to set record for naked coaster riding

frontal pics-
http://www.anothersite.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3893
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