WNBR 2012
 

Kicking off the season of one of the most creative, imaginative and peaceful protests ever... :)

The Merlbourne ride took place a few hours ago, today 4th of March, and the response, according to news reports, was overwhelmingly positive, drawing at least 250 riders (a pretty good mix of men and ladies in the buff) - the largest attendance since 2006! A friend was due to travel down for a glimpse, but she's saving that for next week's Sydney ride. The first few pics are ... of decent quality, but more should be hopefully available in the hours to come on Flickr. Anyone heard of anything from the nimbin ride?

Few updates as for my "participation": Since I'm making it back home to attend a few events at the Olympic games in July/August, there's no way I could accept attending my friends' request to watch/encourage them in London's ride(3rd year in a row I'm missing it :mad:). Let's hope Flickr comes to rescue, poor old me!

melbourne
 

here's the first pic I found

More from Melbourne, these hint at what one hopes are plenty of revelations to come...

Discovered a couple more of the Melbourne ride
 

Encouraging number of Aussie gals these days but was the 'flower ring chick' (5th pic) the only one who bared all?
Oh yes, the 'Hit by Car' one too!

... but hey wait, what's up with that last pic? :D
I can recall a similar pic taken for the DC ride a couple of years ago... searching searching...

The 'red gloves' girl IMHO was the one who turned the most heads
 

Gosh... those Asian tourists turn up at every single ride. Yet, none of 'em wishes to give it a try :mad:

I meant this...
 

From #4, I was referring to this one taken during 2009's DC ride.
That's what I call diversity at its best, hoping everyone gets the true meaning behind the ride. :p

Despite the foregrounds, here two examples to show (and that's also why I picked the 6 I posted from the set of 12 you also "quoted" in that second post I cite above) that several women, not, unfortunately, yet seen front and center, bared, if not all, close enough as makes no never-mind. Let's find more and better! While there are not likely to be Asian tourists joining in, there's enough resident Asian population in OZ that you will see riders like the one you show in the first picture of the second cited post. A place to check back periodically will be asbareasyoudare.com/?page_id=554 ; those pictures, though, if past years are any guide, will all be watermarked: for another of the nice nudes (and an Asian woman in "floral" bikini), see asbareasyoudare.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_5574.jpg . Happy hunting...

Pretty ladies :)

Some more

Hope you guys liked :)

There's some more on hxxp://www.flickr.com/photos/espolio/

And on 10th there's a ride here in Brazil, but usually there's not much nudity, so I don't expect much.

It seems there's been a San Francisco Nacked bike ride already

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fishst1ck/sets/72157629194090766/with/6825620268/

Thanks leonidas for sharing the Fickr link!

I can recognise the 'Gypsy chick' (is that her?) who rides year in, year out - with her trademark pubic hair I should say :)
If this is the kind of weather prevailing for the UK rides this June, we're up for a something bigger than last year - esp that we can recall what happened at Brighton last time out.

Here are a few of my favourite pics:

Know what I mean :-)
 

North or South, the pattern's quite apparent...
Melbourne 2012:

The participants are...

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... and the photographers are ....

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Surprised? Absolutely not!

I attended the San Francisco WNBR. I was worried that it would be too cold and the usual dozen or so nude men would only show up.

The sun was out and the ladies came out. This was the best SF female turnout so far.

Thanks to both for the links; here are three more from the f1shstick set (with a reminder: there are also "o" sizes), and another of the same woman, not anything like as large but to my mind worth saving nonetheless; one from Sao Paolo, indicating there was at least a bit of nudity; a couple more to show the same thing (and hope to see more/bigger from other searchers) from the just-held Cape Town ride...

great posts to everyone...
what a wonderful event...year after year :D

More from Sao Paulo's ride
 

Remember, all male naked riders in 2008's daylight ride were arrested (exception made for the only naked female participant, don't understand why)... what a difference it makes now :cool:

50+ pics available
hxxp://www.flickr.com/photos/ecureuill/sets/72157629201178782/with/6974705929/
(All credit goes to ecureuill!)

Some more Brazilians

WNBR Cape Town - The only ride in Africa
 

... finally the ride closest to me :D
Wasn't there... but I heard at least a dozen ladies going topless and even a few daring to go fully nude - without body paint. Wow, bigger participation and even better, more womenfolk!


More pictures (including one female journalist who went topless):
hxxp://showme.co.za/cape-town/tourism/tourist-attractions/cycle-trails/world-naked-bike-ride-cape-town-2012-2/

Best vid so far:
hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfq1zS-aMdQ (2:27)

Noteworthy from SF: a favorite nude-event documenter, ilovetowatch, now has some up at flickr; only 18 as yet, so...also to be mentioned, as the last two indicate, there was a bike ride that day. A couple other points: it should be clear by now that the woman in the first three here isn't previous rider (and sometime OCC contributor) Gypsy; more importantly, I somehow overlooked praising TheGreatBelow for providing originals in last page's submission - apologies for not doing that sooner - we reposters may provide the bulk of what shows up here, but you creators really are the cream in the coffee. Merci mille fois (and sorry there's no button to click to accomplish that)!

Awesome Thread!

Great tgread, thank you all for sharing!

flickr.com/photos/22925987@N00/

Found through Google.

Fango

A few more Melbourne; also, for those who raised the question before, it looks like Nimbin and Byron Bay were sparsely attended, and only men rode uncovered. I'd love to be proven wrong, but that's what I've seen so far...

sounds like you need to change your settings in flickr to be able to see restricted photos.

More ladies from the SF 2012 ride
 

24 HQ photos in there :D

hxxp://goo.gl/8cgVv

Another view of the SF turnout
 

The two girls at the bottom right of the first pic count as my faves! :D

sydney, australia 2012

didn't miss much, looks like

hxxps://www.dropbox.com/sh/ia1kmx6s6tsp7yu/vc-CSM4oOK

Before we hit a couple months of doldrums waiting for Northern Hemisphere iterations, a few more. Three artsy ones from Melbourne, two serendipitous ones from Cape Town (they just happened by, and got - or at least posted - only these), then three featuring an SF favorite. That latter woman and the tandem-riders featured in my earlier post https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/show...0&postcount=22 , as well as the bottomless, sparkly-heart-pastie-wearing woman, are also to be found at watchersweb in three posts: watchersweb.com/sub_preview.php?sub_no=EBLCW1331748896 , watchersweb.com/sub_preview.php?sub_no=D8KZp1331749703 , and watchersweb.com/sub_preview.php?sub_no=k5PwI1331497152 , but of course since they're watermarked can't be posted here. There's apparently also a WNBR SF #2, but it seems to be in the h/c section that only members can get to...

Worth another check back: there are now videos and slide shows. The only one I've been able to check so far, given my snaily connection, is at picasaweb.google.com/106354232648936085214/WNBR2012DavidW?authkey=Gv1sRgCNLMz6jatMy1Nw&feat=f lashalbum# (remember to add https up front to this and the following), which while they were watermarked and only 600x800, nonetheless yielded these I saved: lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uhLZY6Vg0kY/T1X4Txn3kUI/AAAAAAAABag/OZomuwUIExY/s0/P1030883.jpg , lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oEm6nbgVvHI/T1X3kfxu3LI/AAAAAAAABZw/5-IoO-XAgo8/s0/P1030862.jpg , lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RjF7BrKGx3M/T1X2FUs3o6I/AAAAAAAABY4/bbORBL_YdW4/s0/P1030832.jpg , lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qiOEp8YOUXE/T1X1S7MKYDI/AAAAAAAABWk/cBposDdLegk/s0/Mud%20covered%202.jpg

Thanks for the info, but (for me:o) it's almost impsossible to get these from the way you had to list them.

There' yet another San Francisco ride scheduled this Sunday to coincide with Earth Day celebrations. :)

youtube.com/watch?v=xvSWn89DgiM - Cape Town ride. Hot topless chick interviewing riders.

edit: youtube.com/watch?v=Wfq1zS-aMdQ - Another from Cape Town.

Enjoy

Fango

vimeo.com/41647664 - Melbourne ride.

Enjoy

Fango

WNBR LONDON 2012 - HINTS AND TIPS
 

Hopefully some of you will be attending the London WNBR on June 9th - London will be at its very best between the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics - so here's some tips to get the best from your day.
The course is about 8-9 miles long, looping through central london and takes well over 2 hours to complete (traffic, traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, etc), so it's quite possible, by walking or using the 'tube', to see the ride three or four times during the afternoon. This is worth doing as some riders drop out, while others shed their inhibitions during the ride. Because the ride gets spread out, there are a number of 'regrouping points' to wait for back markers to catch up. It's easier to photograph someone standing next to you than someone wizzing past in the pack, so these are the places to be.
The event is fantastically well organised and the route is available on the web. Here are the probable waiting points:-
Piccadilly (near Green Park tube station)
Whitehall (near Downing Street)
South Bank (Belvedere Road near County Hall)
Waterloo Bridge (North end)
St Pauls (South side)
Lincolns Inn Fields
Charing Cross Road (South end)
The Mall
Wellington Arch (finish)
So don't just go to the start, grab a few shots and go home. Hyde Park at 3pm is a bear pit (pun intended) and most riders will be intimidated by the crowds. And don't just stand by a wide, fast road and try to grab a few shots (unless you're a very good photographer)
Instead, try to 'join the' dots between the regrouping points.
For example, you could wait for them in Whitehall, then walk to Waterloo Bridge to see them again, then stroll up to Lincoln's Inn and finally, catch the tube from Holburn to Hyde Park Corner to see the finish.
Or you could meet them on the South Bank, walk over the bridge to Covent Garden for their return and then take the tube to Hyde Park, etc, etc.
Lincolns Inn is a particularly good spot, as it's a small open square, with a one-way system. Riders have to queue up to enter from Kingsway via Sardinia Street, then they circle the square several times, before queuing again to leave by Remnant Street. Photo ops guaranteed (a couple from last year attached - apologies for quality, I only had a pocket camera).
A final tip - take spare batteries, you may need them.

Thanks for the tips mate! As a Brit, not making it for the 3rd year in a row is so excruciatingly painful - my buddy's lady friend will be riding topless (Who she is - I hardly know - but he hinted that she's committed to returning from a 4/5-year WNBR hiatus... interesting), and I'm only coming home for the Olympic Games :o

The 2012 WNBR from the United Kingdom.
 

Hi guys, as many fans know, we are just over a week away from the UK's naked bike riding season.:D:D

For a country that used to have hang ups over nudity (blame the Victorians!), getting fully nude in a busy shopping area in broad daylight has taken off there, almost more than anywhere else, with new rides starting up every year.

I would like to keep this thread just for British events please, as they often out weigh other countries and (with a bit of sunshine) this WNBR thread gets HUGE over the coming weeks and months. By keeping the UK as a seperate thread, I hope that this will allow re-posts to be more easily checked and new finds more easily posted.

I will list below where to see the rides and hope that this will give you Brit based members a chance to contribute something positive to this thread. You do not even have to lie to the wife or girlfriend, just say you are in town to
buy her a present!;) That way, you get shots as the riders pass you!

Better still, at some events be around at the start and finish! Even better still, join a ride yourself! That way, girls will be happy to pose for you if you ask nicely!

I can supply more details if you have the time to visit and please remember, if you do go to the start and finish, be respectful to the riders.

Here is the current listing ...

THE EARLY RIDES

Portsmouth, Hants (now timed to take in the last weekend of the local University;))
Saturday 26 May 2012
Time: 1pm for 2pm start
Location: In front of the Rose Gardens, the Esplanade, Portsmouth, PO4 9RU
A new ride for 2011 where the riders were mainly male, but the date change has added plenty of students on facebook. A Saturday afternoon ride.

Manchester
Fri 1st June 2012
Time: 6pm for 7pm
Location: All Saints Park, Cavendish St (off Oxford Road near MMU)M15 6BH.
A well established ride that nowadays features members and friends from the University 'Naked Cooking Club'

York
2nd June 2012.
Time: Shortly after 4 pm
Location: Assembly/departure point: 50 metres South-East of Millennium Bridge.
Another established ride that has had some very cute fully nude and painted female riders in the past.

THE MAIN WEEKEND (June 8th to June 10th) RIDES....

Southampton
Date: Friday 8 June 2012
Time: 6pm (ride will set off around 6.30pm)
Location: East side of Southampton Common at the clearing next to Highfield Road and opposite the junction with Omdurman Road.
This ride has always attracted members of the local student population and usually has 120 riders and heralds the BIG NAKED BIKE WEEKEND!

London (the biggie!)
Date: Saturday 9 June 2012
Time: 3pm assembly, for 3.30pm departure
Location: Wellington Arch, Hyde Park Corner (NOT in Hyde Park)
Normally 1200 riders and quite a few fully nude very cute ladies.

Cardiff, Wales
9th June 2012
Time: Gather at 2PM to get ready, paint yourself, decorate your bike etc. Setting off at 3PM
Location: Park Place, grassed area to rear of National Museum and adjacent to Cardiff University Main Building
Another ride that gets bigger each year and the only big one in Wales.

Brighton
Date: Sunday 10 June 2012
Time: 12 noon
Location: Preston Park (note change of start location), Preston Road, Brighton, BN1 6DT
Another huge ride (1000+ if sunny) and this year (with a chnge of start location) is planning it's own version of an all nude Triathelon!! Loads of time for photos as the ride stops twice and has a naked picnic at the start and skinny dip at the end. If you go to any ride, this is the one to go to!

Bristol
Date: Sunday 10 June 2012
Time: 1pm
Location: Full Moon Pub, North Road, Stokes Croft
This ride is becoming a good event too and has doubled in size over the past two years. If you live in the West Country, it's worth the travel!


So now you know where the BIG rides are, I will post details of any more as I come across them. Hopefully we can look forward to seeing some 2012 shots (and video;)) in just over eight days time!!

dates - lONDON
 

Can someone clarify the dates for the London WNBR as 9th June 2012 is a Monday, not a Saturday

Not on my calendar it isn't!:D:D:D It's the Saturday before the long Jubilee Holiday weekend.

Here is a link to FB that already shows 330 confirmed riders...
hxxp://www.facebook.com/events/139046122831962/#!/events/164319173671640/