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Originally Posted by BeachBiker

DavidDavin said:

Klondike, in addition to lamenting the fading of the continental European rides in recent years, you've mentioned in past posts how the New York City ride has never seemed to gain traction.

Well, NYC, a city of more than eight-million people, had its 2015 ride last Saturday too, and fewer than two dozen riders showed up, and as far as I can tell only two of them were women. One thing I am sure of is that photographers, or crowds with smart phones, can't be blamed for scaring off potential riders. Nobody, but the assigned police, and a few passersby on the streets ever seem to pay any attention. Last year a couple of male riders were arrested for doing a "dickie dance" at a busy intersection in the Greenwich Village area, The police were probably more concerned with the disruption of traffic, and the potential for causing an accident than any actual public nudity violations.

One news report claims that, last Saturday, nobody rode fully nude. It should be remembered that in NYC women can legally go fully topless anytime they want, and it appears that this year's two female riders did. Otherwise, the ride was a big dud.

Just having a lot of people in your city doesn't cut it. For nude events, demographics truly are destiny, and NYC just doesn't have very "nude friendly" demographics.