This was an exceptional group, Pedro. I am still reeling a bit and shaking my head. And as i drove around Seattle after the ride, I paid particular attention to the women walking around town. They are a beautiful. Seattle has lots of money (Fremont being the exception, not the rule) and is considered one of the best places to live in the country.

It is hard for one photog to adequately document this ride right now. You need a team! NOw that I've spent a lot of time getting to know the women, I'm constantly asking myself - why did I take no pics of this girl or that. BUt when you are there, you have no idea whats really out there. But this was such a great group, it has inspired me to collect every girl. And when I am done (as done as can be), I will organize them all by paint job, and RS a zip.
Should take a week or two...

KLondike

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but to keep Klondike's vaunted filing system pristine, I should point out that Jenn was at the OTHER solstice parade on the left coast, that in Santa Barbara! The costume was what made me suspicious: I'm sure that's the most she could get away with there (though I think she and her conch went fully topless w/hemp thong the previous year), but can you imagine how overdressed she'd have felt like that in the center of the universe's version? From the Fremont solstice: I previously posted the front of the woman at the end of the parade, so here's her back, at the beginning; and a (regrettably small "o" size) sample of 2 galleries posted at flickr by one who was actually in the ride. http://www.flickr.com/photos/regolux...7620433068682/ is the larger, and be sure to also check the smaller...

Two views of someone, unless my eyes are terminally blurry, not in your group of 36...(from the set I linked above)


Edit: They (3rd and 4th picture) too?

Good grief, these women must have been popping up from nowhere every five minutes of the ride, at least the first two I have never seen before. I suppose the unpainted girl may have just stripped off at the last minute!:D

Great sleuth work, as always!

What I love most about these pictures is that Seattle girls are smiling. This area isn't known for outgoing exuberance. Your figures about our "figures" may not actually be too far off the national average, but Seattle is far healthier than the norm. We get a lot of hikers, climbers, boaters, cyclists, runners, etc. that move to the northwest for the scenery. This area isn't flat, unlike the middle of the country. It's a good bicycling workout. You certainly wouldn't want to see pics of this event if it were staged in Houston, Texas. Then again, the ones that would show up with bikes would probably be in decent shape there too. It's the ones who don't have bikes, and who don't exercise at all, that you'd prefer skipping.

Check out pics of Sturgis for comparison.

I love this country, but it does have a weight problem. Doesn't have to be that way.

Oh, and Klondike: You rule man. That goes out to all of the photographers actually, but Klondike seems especially driven to get this stuff out to the world.

Crispus's observation about Naked Jenn (yes, it occured to me that she should've been fully nude) brings up a point about my collection in progress: I want to be absolutely sure that we have not slipped any ride pics from previous years into this thread. It can happen easily. So - other than the pics on the first page, I am assuming that all of these here are 2009 photos. If not, I have some culling to do....and a count lower than the lofty 275 or so (Latest adds - two from Crispus including a fully unpainted nude who may have pulled the ol' Bay to Breaker trick of "streaking the streak", so to speak :)).

KLondike

today and tomorrow, I will try and post (in thumbnail form) all of the fully nude riders in my collectors set. So far, it appears as though at least 50% of the women went fully nude.

Here are the green fuly nude riders. The first three pics are ones i took myself.

KLondike

the fully nude red/orange riders. there is one additional girl who might be fully nude, but I can't tell for sure from the pic. She is pictured below the thumbs - nude or topless? Bottom might be painted on, 'cause there is a hint of bush on the bike

more tonight.

Klondike

more pics ( i think )
 

I must say that I appreciate the organizational skills that this method entails ..... i myself label the pics " Folder # 1 " ; " folder # 2 " ... etc ......

but it had not occured to me to ' Color code ' them ..... wouldn't that entail having to ' crop ' just about every pic , though ? ...
as there are many different colored riders in many of the pics .... and then there are the multi - colored ' riders themselves ... would you categorize that particular rider by the dominant primary color of the rider ?

Ah , * confusion reigns * ( for me anyways ) ...

i think I'll take a break from this pondering and post some pics -