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Originally Posted by daveduchovny
Is London #1 because we have more beautiful more naked women than all the other WNBR cities, or because we have more perverts with cameras here?
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London has much to be proud of. So does Mexico City. The huge cities/metro areas don't typically put out major rides. Most folks are too busy going about their day, and a more business climate rules. So for London to put a thousand on the streets in daylight is something hardly any other big city has done except Chicago (at night) perhaps and Mexico City, which put 2000 on the streets this year. I'm really excited about what they did down in Mexico, BTW.
New York and LA don't come close to London. Phily has a strong turnout. All other european major cities rank well behind London. Why can't sophisticated Paris put out a big ride? Amsterdam? Berlin? Moscow?
The thousand rider club is an exclusive club! London (I don't really know the numbers this year) and Mexico City rule the world for daylight rides. Brighton, considering the size of the town, is exceptional to be able to put 700 on the streets. Spain used to put lots of riders out but i don't see many pics this year. Over in the US, Phily and New Orleans probably top the country for daylight rides, with rides in the 300-700 range. LA's last year was not too shabby. San FRancisco, a city that everyone would expect would put hundreds in the streets, for some reason does not make a big show of this. I will never know why. And Seattle does not put more than a few hardy regulars out each year. No big show either. It always surprises me how cities can vary so much when it comes to WNBR rides.
In the US, Phily, Chicago and Portland put out YOUTH rides, but only Phily's is really a daylight ride. They are the only US cities to really do this. Brighton seems to be another city that really puts out the youth, and London does a good job too. Why this is so I could give to a psychologist to study. But for DAYLIGHT YOUTH rides, we only really have Phily and Brighton, although I've never attended the London ride so I don't really know if it would qualify as a YOUTH ride (you do you define these things?).
But to have London, Brighton and Portland lead this thread in pics makes total sense to me right now. I do feel we need to get a few more pics from Chicago up, because in the past, Chicago pics always outnumbered Portland pics. The rest of the rides aren't going to attract a lot of serious photogs because of their size. I am a pretty serious photog myself and I am bored now by smaller rides. Portland's daylight ride, with over a hundred riders, bores me to death now
I've gotten really spoiled and jaded....
I don't know the ride numbers from the Portland night ride this year, but again, they lead the world by a large margin. 8000 to 10,000 probably rode again this year. I'd like for people to see better what goes on AFTER the Portland ride, because few pics go up each year showing the after parties that probably really help swell the numbers every year. I think a lot of kids ride just so they can boogie after..
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