And being watched/ shocking people/ getting people's attention is a major part of the initiative. The WNBR is about raising issues about cyclist safety in traffic and the environment in general. What better way to gain public interest for these issues than by putting pictures of the various events on the internet? I don't see the drama.

We're very respectful towards the participants here. We do not post degrading or demeaning messages about them.

On the whole I agree with you, there is the odd message that gets posted that isn't very respectful and it's those messages that get seized upon but hey ho, this is the Internet age.

Satellitegrid user on YouTube is now posting his videos of Brighton and Cardiff.

No don't think so, that girl was an American from Texas? This girl has been described as a 'Polish Hippy'. She has done London a few times plus Brighton and now Bristol.

I could be wrong of course.

This is definitely true - the riders are having the best time :)
I rode Bristol and Cardiff this weekend and had a blast.

I wouldn't say the posts here are very respectful, but understand they could considerably more degrading. There's room for improvement.

What I think is a bigger problem is just how creepy these threads appear. Girls get catalogued, referenced to where they have appeared before. It's all rather obsessive. It puts women off - this year Cardiff had many fewer women than last.

Having taken part in many of the rides, I'm now good friends with many of the riders. I know this creepiness bothers them, to the extent that even regulars consider not coming along anymore. By getting so obsessive here, there will be far fewer photos of beautiful happy naked women. A delicate and wonderful thing will be lost.

I'd urge anybody coming to a ride to photograph to back off a little. Chat and laugh with the riders - they are having a great time and most will happily pose for you. Don't pounce of any female who begins to undress. That way we can enjoy this special event for years to come.

Some photographers will be ok with photos appearing here. Others, like me, don't want their photos to appear here and take measures to avoid it.

surely there is a pic of her?? :-)

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Don't mean to be pedantic but 'Texan' Emma and the famous redhead rode in London 2012 and 2013 respectively, both with heart shaped glasses and both stunning.

Great stuff so far, I'm keeping an eye out for Bristol/Cardiff stuff that might have passed under the radar.

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I'll put my head above the para-pet here (hyphen to avoid the redaction of four consecutive letters of that word)- not least because I'd not seen this post before my subsequent one went live. I'm a relatively new poster but will say that this is a constant topic of discussion here. OCC as a whole caters to many tastes and I mostly tend to visit for the WNBR threads because of the sheer consensual joy of the riders- this for me is only about beauty. The more guttural users of OCC tend to get stonewalled on these threads, as you imply. Of course things can get obsessive but imho that's simply due to the natural competitiveness of the guys(?) posting. And I'm certainly guilty of that.

I certainly can't and wouldn't speak for all who post here. But I'm pretty sure that many of the most intrusive WNBR photographers aren't sharing their photographs here, and I don't approve of the most openly voyeuristic. It must be said that there was one particular incident on the Cardiff ride last year that was photographed astonishingly intimately by a ride participant. I myself wouldn't have chosen to take those shots, let alone post them online, but- spirit of the occasion notwithstanding- the choice to perform the headstand was one person's alone. One hopes that that imbalance and intrusion could in some way be redressed.

All that said I would happily participate, as I wholeheartedly support the main two protests of the ride- cyclist safety and oil dependancy. But most of the rides are at the far end of the UK from me, in Edinburgh. Maybe Newcastle, next year- great excuse to finally get a new bike!

That's my tuppence worth. But point absolutely taken, now and for the future.

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SUPERBABES!!!!!
 

yes this is a porn site and yes it's pretty definitively the only moral porn site i've ever found and yes, these wnbr and fremont threads have intellectual verissimilitude and yes they are about beauty but DAMMITT, it's the best time of year, the season's starting so let's get our snapping and sorting on!!!!...for pete's sake!!!

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