Fremont 2016

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beee: another of my favorites...i have a lot of favorites.

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all yellow and super busty

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construction worker.
peter dervin has a few really nice ones

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...getting down to the last of mine saved...
sorry for any reposts

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end of the line.
please add what you have to continue reviving this thread!!!

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how did i miss this?!?

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Originally Posted by thelordskippy

There are two things that I have been wondering about regarding the Fremont riders: first are there any accounts/photos of female participants peeing in public during the event and second it seems odd to me that there aren't men sporting erections during the ride and in particular the paining party. Now I'm just speaking as a 10 time WNBR participant that sometimes wood happens.

I can't believe there's much peeing at all: route is WAY too short and there's opportunity for bailout at gasworks park

[lonemeat]

Yeah, there are bathroom facilities at the painting party and at the end of the ride. Also, as pointed out by spankycranky, the ride itself is less than an hour for most riders, so pretty unlikely anyone will need to stop along the way, especially considering drinking is banned at the painting party.

As far as erections, there's plenty of partial wood, especially at the painting party. There are lots of photographers who focus on men so I'm sure you can find photos on flickr if that's your thing.

However, something to keep in mind compared with the WNBR events is that the Solstice ride is an unofficial event and exists in a delicate balance with the folks who organize the parade, the city of Seattle and Fremont merchants. There's a lot of pressure to keep things family-friendly. Even in super-liberal Seattle that means de-emphasizing unpainted nudity and VERY strongly discouraging anything sexual. Someone on the parade route sporting a full-on boner would probably be told to cover up.

[Davidavin]

"Super liberal seattle" -well that's the key to understanding the ride. Super liberal would apply to the fremont district, but not the city as a whole. The tensions arise due to that conflict. Seattle is a progressive city, but really much like cities like san Diego which is largely family friendly and conservative leaning in many respects.
So often tensions arise over the kiddies element.

I used to make note in my photos when kiddies were present, as I though that was an interesting phenomena, to observe the kids reactions. It seemed positive that parents were bringing their kids to the parade. Not sure what I would have done, probably left them at home.

Well, yeah, lonemeat, I do agree with what you said. Maybe I'm just rewording it to emphasize where the super liberal resides. But I think you know what I mean. We're really sort of saying the same thing.

K

[lonemeat]

For a variety of reasons a WNBR has never really gotten off the ground in Seattle, unfortunately. However, I do think that a big ride similar to the Portland WNBR, that's a bit more bawdy than the Solstice ride, would be accepted here.

The issue with the Solstice ride is that the Fremont Fair is basically a typical kind of event/parade, with lots of businesses as sponsors, so they're naturally leery about associating with anything even mildly controversial.

OTOH, there are definitely people within the Solstice Cyclists group who don't like the way the Fremont Fair tries to control what's acceptable with the riders and would like to have a ride that's separate from the parade. Last year there was a pretty significant push to do a night ride the evening of the solstice.

Anyway, I love the Solstice parade, I think it's an amazing event but I wouldn't be surprised if at some point the cyclists go off on their own.