WNBR 2014

[jacobite]

Originally Posted by Drondo

You think you've got problems I work with 'British' people except most of them were Indian or Pakistani varying from a week to about 18 months ago. Quite a few others still are holding Foreign passports and are going through the process. Try explaining the WNBR to them? The few conversations I've had about changing rooms in Sports Centres indicate that nudity with the same gender is shameful, a sin and in the case of the Muslims deeply, deeply offensive. That's nudity within the SAME gender.

You nailed it Drondo, at least for Indian and Pakistan-born ones!
Well, I've brought this up with 3rd or 4th gen Indians born outside of India and the lot thought of the event as very amusing - you'd always get a few embarrassed enough to switch conversations, as expected.

[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 New York ride seems to desperately need more effective organizing and communications. There was no reason given for it not being a WNBR event, and the main WNBR website was never updated to show this 2014 event, It still lists last year's ride.

Until ride day, the Twitter feed had two tweets in the last month, and the Facebook page had no recent updates. And when New York got deluged by a line of thunderstorms right around the ride assembly time, some riders arrived to find nobody on the scene, and their tweets asking where everybody was were not answered. As a result, some of those who had planned to ride, bailed out.

The ride was scheduled to start at 6-pm, and did start around 6:40, but that fact wasn't mentioned on the Twitter feed, or Facebook for hours, so delayed riders who wanted to find the ride in progress had no idea if it even was happening, until it was over.

New York has some great dedicated bike lanes, and there is a new nine minute Youtube video of Friday's group riding along one of them in the rain. I watched it and think I saw two females, both fully covered. There were also a couple of dozen guys. They reported that they rode for a couple of hours and then issued these two tweets about having police problems:

The 6th precinct just used 6 officers to disrupt our peaceful ride.Stopping more traffic then we were. Resulting in 2 arrests. Shame on them

Multiple undercover vehicles used, including a taxi cab cop car.

In the video you could see the marked police cars at the start, so they had to know the NYPD was watching them.

No reasons for the arrests were given, and it's not even worth speculating. A few years ago, one rider was arrested for riding on the sidewalk, which most local bikers know is a big no-no in NYC.

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,

[meduse]

The red wig girl in Brighton, i'm pretty sure concerning her look that she's quoting the fantastic Vera Chytilova movie "Daisies" (one of my favorite movie ever !)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WVSYwVKmVs
and it's a lot of fun to think about :-)

[speeda79]

You guys have excelled yourselves (yet again)! I can't imagine a better set of pics of more beautiful ladies.

I'd love to see more of this honey - anyone?

[Davidavin]

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,

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)

[CuriousGuy]

Originally Posted by Pedro the Fisherman

Below is a (clothed) shot of a rider at Brighton, who got fully nude for the after ride party. As well as beeing 18-20 y.o., she is a;lso of Indo/pakistani origin, not the classic type of girl to strip off in public. The beach shot is the only one I have.....are there any more out there??

Magnificent picture Pedro - it may even (sadly) turn out to be unique.

What a crying shame it would be if no other pictures of this beauty on the beach surface

I'm sure, given the number of snappers, the pictures must exist ... but they may never reach a wide audience

[shoarma]

Originally Posted by Fango

More.

The first girl here is really cute and he got some great shots of her.

Enjoy

Fango

WOW, the first girl in your post is amazing!! Who is she? Anymore pics available? I can't believe how hot she is!

[jacobite]

I know, no girls showing up yet, the pre-ride's going on smoothly and more should follow pretty soon

[Fango]

Originally Posted by crispus

Previously-cited source ( flickr.com/photos/gh_party_pics2/ ) now has Brighton fountain pictures

A few more recently-added favorites from this photographer. Really love the first girl.

youtube.com/watch?v=RUIQoHn0_QM - Portland. Warning: some fairly graphic photos of a girl who busted up her face in a bicycle accident at the beginning.

Enjoy

Fango

[jacobite]

Pics tell one story but this is just one of the many start points...
My mate's just tweeted from Hyde park (he's in the pack) and he thinks the turnout's gotta be massive - an unprecedented scale according to him