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Originally Posted by BeachBiker
There was a "clothing optional" bike ride in New York City on Friday night, that was promoted as "being in solidarity with the WNBR" but there appeared to be much that went wrong, including a near absence of female riders.....
....The NYC riders also have done things in the past to "tweak" the cops. There is one picture on some of their websites, and in news reports showing one of their naked male riders in the middle of a busy intersection with "F__CK Pigs" written in red paint on his back. That's NOT the way to "make friends and influence people" whose cooperation can make the ride a success.
I suspect that the NYC Ride has some real "Radical" problems that need fixing, if it is ever going to rise to the level of rides in other cities. Thankfully, there are many other rides this weekend, including London, where things, including the weather, will go much better, and hopefully there will be plenty of great pictures of riders and spectators having a great time,
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Ugh...
This is why Portland's ride is filled with so many ex-New Yorkers.
The people of NYC need to see videos of rides from other cities to see what a great, fun and no hassles experience the WNBR is.
But NYC has a long history of radical protests and confrontational tactics with police and unfortunately, WNBR may be seen as little different than those other types of protests. Thats is a lot to have to overcome.
Davidavin (KLondike)