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Originally Posted by Klondike
Good work, Crispus. These people have mostly been in the water (except in the last pic), and their paint jobs have gotten badly smeared or washed off as a result. In my Spanish WNBR pics, most riders are either unpainted or have anti oil slogans written on their bodies. So its a little hard to match paint jobs. But even on those nudes you posted who's paint jobs remain somewhat intact, they do not appear to be sporting protest slogans, just colored hand prints and other designs.
Critical Mass (or Critical Ass) rides not associated with WNBR are sometimes done in the nude. I have a few pics. But if you search on it, it also brings up WNBR pics because I guess WNBR can also be refered to as "Critical Ass". Anyway, what I'm trying to say is maybe these pics are WNBR, and maybe they are from a Critical Ass ride not connected to WNBR. Along the way, I've learned some new search terms, and am reminded again that each city can have its own term refering to its bike culture. Portland has Pedalpalooza and searching on that can bring up nudity not found any other way. And there is Provflux (Providence, RI) as well as bicicritica and bicinudista. Those were all new to me also.
This is definately a tough one to sleuth. Perhaps the colored hand print paint jobs are a clue. Otherwise, its definately Spain. But exactly what and where im Spain is still a bit of a mystery - to me at any rate......
And Klondike loves mysteries......
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This particular set of pics has frequently been posted elsewhere under the label "Swedish Nollning" (student initiations) or (French) bizutage. That may also be inaccurate, as the kids pictured don' t look stereotypically Swedish -- but the lush verdant (forest?) background growing on the shore (right up to the water's edge!), directly behind a moored yacht is far more reminiscent of Scandinavia, and is certainly unlike any part of the Spanish coast which I'm familiar with, especially in the vicinity of any Spanish city which could've hosted a naked bike event...