WNBR 2012

[that1guy]

Originally Posted by snahdru

some others

Great! Thanks! I have been looking for some from Madison. With the ride being just last weekend and only about 60 riders, I'm not expecting to find much.

[BeachBiker]

And the NYC ride may be pulling in over 100 too.

Unfortunately, the New York City WNBR really did some downhill coasting this year, especially when it came to both overall turnout and nude female riders.

The NYC Summer Blog reports:

"Compared to last year’s ride the turn out was much smaller and much less nude. While we saw a few men riding nude, I saw no women topless or baring anything. Not even a thong."

Although there is one picture linked to below of one young lovely flashing by pulling down her top.

One can speculate on the reasons for the decline, but this year's ride was closely linked to the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, and that may have been a distraction. You may recall the police tracked the group last year and made a couple of arrests.

And, much of the ride is in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, which is known for its residential ethnic communities, especially very pious Hasidic Jews, who probably aren't delighted to see even near naked people ride by on their bikes, when they wear warm clothing, including hats and jackets, to go along with their beards on even the hottest days. It just doesn't sound like the most ideal situation for a WNBR ride, and the turnout and enthusiasm apparently reflected that. How bad it was might be reflected in the fact that topless riding is perfectly legal in NYC at any time, and still it wasn't done in the WNBR.

There is a report on the NYC ride linked to immediately to below, which includes a slide-show. And the other two links provide more pictures, but London, or Portland, it is not.

http://www.nycsummerblog.com/?p=2416

http://www.villagevoice.com/slidesho...fw-37005959/#1

flickr.com/photos/jimkiernan/page8/

(It's not NYC, but just 80-miles away, the Philadelphia ride is Labor Day weekend, in September, after all the college kids come back to town, and everybody else is away for three days. Going topless or nude in public is against both state and local laws but the Philly police have been cool, where the NYPD was strict and probably would be delighted if the whole WNBR thing went away.)

[richardcypher]

Anybody have more pictures from Los Angeles? I was there and there were some definite cuties there I'd like to see again!

[wizworm]

Originally Posted by Klondike

wherever you got these, they are a mix of Fremont and WNBR pics, and many are reposts. Also, they are not from 2012, at least not most..

just for kicks, since two of those pics I took myself, where did you find them?

KLondike

Like KLondike, I'm curious too... those first 3 pics are mine from T.O. and I only posted them here at OCC.

[wizworm]

Originally Posted by Pedro the Fisherman

Large LA 2012 WNBR set here, but watermarked.....

hxxp://www.flickr.com/photos/john00879/sets/72157630185423378/

Great link Pedro! There are some really good shots there.

[Klondike]

Originally Posted by wizworm

Like KLondike, I'm curious too... those first 3 pics are mine from T.O. and I only posted them here at OCC.

see post no 592 -

Klondike

[flanker7]

Originally Posted by Klondike

BTW - DatNolaSam over at Flickr has posted over 500 pics from the New Orleans ride. Although it does appear he is snapping really fast (and so has the same babes in multiple shots), its still a lot of pics indicating this is a pretty big ride. So.....for US rides occurring in daylight, which are the biggest? Phily? NOLA? Somewhere else? Both of these I think look to have maybe 200-400 riders. Phily's is later in the year. In the exclusive "Over 100 club", we can now, i think, add the Portland Sunny Nekkid ride 2, which by my estimate topped that mark last Saturday afternoon. Seattle's is pretty big also. And the NYC ride may be pulling in over 100 too.

KLondike

The size estimates of the Philly ride are somewhere around 2,000. I don't think that's official, since they don't do a complete count video like Chicago, but I think it's a fair estimate seeing some of the overhead shots. So inflation aside, put it somewhere around 1,500 to 2,000. That's the same size as the Chicago ride, but with the added bonus that at least the first half is in dusk/twilight, and fully light out for the painting party.

So as far as North American rides, it's in a rough tie with Chicago for second place, and first in terms of what we could broadly consider "daytime" rides.

[flanker7]

Originally Posted by britco

They were in an oron folder marked WNBR 2012..linked off forumfilia

It's almost certain that OCC was the source of these pics, especially given some of Klondike's originals were in there. As forums go, except in rare cases I find that we're basically the first place event pics show up. Then other forums take their pics from our threads, etc.

Since most pics we post on here aren't originals (taken from flickr, etc), one can't really complain. But it's useful to keep that in mind when posting things from other forums back onto OCC. It's from one of the events that we feature heavily here (WNBR, B2B, Fremont, Roskilde, etc), there's a good chance the pics were here before they were there.

[Fango]

youtube.com/watch?v=TAFcDjZeck4 - Another Portland vid.

And, not to take things too off-topic, but the guy who uploaded many of the Brighton videos I've posted has uploaded some of his videos from previous years' rides: youtube.com/user/Brightondope/videos

Enjoy

Fango

[Klondike]

Originally Posted by flanker7

The size estimates of the Philly ride are somewhere around 2,000. I don't think that's official, since they don't do a complete count video like Chicago, but I think it's a fair estimate seeing some of the overhead shots. So inflation aside, put it somewhere around 1,500 to 2,000. That's the same size as the Chicago ride, but with the added bonus that at least the first half is in dusk/twilight, and fully light out for the painting party.

So as far as North American rides, it's in a rough tie with Chicago for second place, and first in terms of what we could broadly consider "daytime" rides.

yes, I think for Phily I was way underestimating, thinking actually around 500. 1500-2000 puts it in world class territory for daylight rides, up there with London. That makes it really special, and in spirit, considering all aspects (organization, pre and post ride activities, age of the riders, etc) very much kin to the Chicago and Portland rides. Plus - it is a younger ride that may continue to grow! So, can't wait for pics from the 2012 edition....
Klondike