Naked bike ride, I don't get it?
DonDaddyD
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Seriously, I don't get it. Why do people take part in this?
What does it achieve?
Aren't there clubs and beaches for that sort of thing....
What does it achieve?
Aren't there clubs and beaches for that sort of thing....
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A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
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To even out their tans?Do not write below this line. Office use only.0
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And the weather ??? And the saddle ??? makes me wince just thinking about it0
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I'd do it if I could ride in the middle of the pack away from people with camera phones.... Anyone else? We could do a Bike Radar entry - body paint our backsides with the Bike Radar logo.... Anyone?Do not write below this line. Office use only.0
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It was originally dual purpose. Protest excessive reliance on oil, grabbing attention by being naked, and also draw attention to how vulnerable cyclists are. It's become really popular because actually, most people respond really positively to it, and I think underneath, lots of British people would like to be more comfortable about getting naked. It's a bit of an adventure, something to tell your kids you've done, with no risk of arrest and no danger. It's become a bit about body acceptance too, which is needed, as can be seen by some of the comments on the other thread.
People's bodies don't somehow exist for the pleasure of others, and just because someone doesn't meet someone else's paradigm of perfection doesn't mean they should be shut away and hidden. It's just skin people, no big deal. I must admit that the "catching on the saddle" issue worried me a bit the first time, but on a gentle slow few miles, it's not an issue. I wouldn't suggest cycling naked as a matter of course, but I do recommend becoming a bit less hung up about bodies, your own and other peoples, and this is a way to do that. Once you've been surrounded by a couple of hundred naked people of all shapes and sizes, some near "perfection", most not, it's hard to think their nakedness, or yours, is a big deal.0 -
SamWise1972 wrote:It was originally dual purpose. Protest excessive reliance on oil, grabbing attention by being naked, and also draw attention to how vulnerable cyclists are. It's become really popular because actually, most people respond really positively to it, and I think underneath, lots of British people would like to be more comfortable about getting naked. It's a bit of an adventure, something to tell your kids you've done, with no risk of arrest and no danger. It's become a bit about body acceptance too, which is needed, as can be seen by some of the comments on the other thread.
People's bodies don't somehow exist for the pleasure of others, and just because someone doesn't meet someone else's paradigm of perfection doesn't mean they should be shut away and hidden. It's just skin people, no big deal. I must admit that the "catching on the saddle" issue worried me a bit the first time, but on a gentle slow few miles, it's not an issue. I wouldn't suggest cycling naked as a matter of course, but I do recommend becoming a bit less hung up about bodies, your own and other peoples, and this is a way to do that. Once you've been surrounded by a couple of hundred naked people of all shapes and sizes, some near "perfection", most not, it's hard to think their nakedness, or yours, is a big deal.
A simple 'so you can ride around with your twanger out' would have sufficed
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as posted on another thread...we don't stand by that sort of thing here in sunny edinburgh...
cover up please.
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/scotl ... 6346939.jpWhenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
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So, I wonder how many "monday morning flagpoles" there will be.......2012 Cannondale Synapse0
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Never seen one. Doesn't really happen on nude beaches either. The thing is, simple nakedness, in a scenario where clearly nobody is about to start shagging you, just isn't particularly sexy. Not to say that it can't be beautiful, but there's nothing very erotic about standing around in a field with bicycles.0
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That would be silly, everyone knows that sand wears out bike transmissions like nobodys businessDonDaddyD wrote:Aren't there clubs and beaches for that sort of thing.... "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Aye we have a weirdness about it in the UK.
I mean, I'm half Swedish - and no while of course normal people still wear clothes - I don't bat an eyelid at seeing the Swedish side of my family naked (even my stepmother) or them seeing me naked while on holiday. It simply doesn't matter.
It's always been weird when I've come back to the UK after a holiday in Sweden - for example any communal shower blocks out there are completely communal (although segregated by sex, of course) - two big rooms, one with lots of benches and pegs around the outside, the other with lots of shower heads. No cubicles.
And I'd die of shame to be seen naked by, or see my (British) stepfather naked. Brrrrrrr. It's really odd.
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Doing one in Cork 19th July... early hours of the morning so not many people about.Visit Ireland - all of it! Cycle in Dublin and know fear!!
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I ride a Selle Italia SLC:
http://s.wiggle.co.uk/images/selle-italia-sd311-07.jpg
Where on earth might Big Jim and the Twins end up? Just doesn't bear thinking about.0 -
sarajoy wrote:I mean, I'm half Swedish - and no while of course normal people still wear clothes - I don't bat an eyelid at seeing the Swedish side of my family naked (even my stepmother) or them seeing me naked while on holiday. It simply doesn't matter.
Don't believe a word that you're saying. Prove it (with a pic) :P
EDIT: Of yourself that is, not your stepmother (though I'm sure she's a comely woman in her own right)0 -
SamWise1972 wrote:...... but there's nothing very erotic about standing around in a field with bicycles.
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plumpy wrote:I ride a Selle Italia SLC:
http://s.wiggle.co.uk/images/selle-italia-sd311-07.jpg
Where on earth might Big Jim and the Twins end up? Just doesn't bear thinking about.
'Big Jim and the twins' - my new favourite euphemism!
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See, Brits are pervy :Pkelsen wrote:sarajoy wrote:I mean, I'm half Swedish - and no while of course normal people still wear clothes - I don't bat an eyelid at seeing the Swedish side of my family naked (even my stepmother) or them seeing me naked while on holiday. It simply doesn't matter.
Don't believe a word that you're saying. Prove it (with a pic) :P
EDIT: Of yourself that is, not your stepmother (though I'm sure she's a comely woman in her own right)0 -
Right so riding around naked isn't about vouyerism, it's all about the message and there are many.
Also its about good fun. Right.
I agree with the lack of eroticism, naked bodies aren't all that attractive to me... but the mind can wander...Food Chain number = 4
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Lots of voyeurism happens, but that's not why most people who are riding are there. It's a fun experience cycling through a city centre naked, and liberating. And the more often things like this happen, the less people would feel the need to be pervy and voyeuristic. In countries where nudity in saunas and other places is pretty normal, people don't feel the need to stare. Why would you?0
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sarajoy wrote:
See, Brits are pervy :Pkelsen wrote:sarajoy wrote:I mean, I'm half Swedish - and no while of course normal people still wear clothes - I don't bat an eyelid at seeing the Swedish side of my family naked (even my stepmother) or them seeing me naked while on holiday. It simply doesn't matter.
Don't believe a word that you're saying. Prove it (with a pic) :P
EDIT: Of yourself that is, not your stepmother (though I'm sure she's a comely woman in her own right)
You called????
Oh sorry thought someone mentioned my name there, but the perv isn't capitalised to be a name. My bad. Carry on."This area left purposefully blank"
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sarajoy wrote:
See, Brits are pervy :Pkelsen wrote:sarajoy wrote:I mean, I'm half Swedish - and no while of course normal people still wear clothes - I don't bat an eyelid at seeing the Swedish side of my family naked (even my stepmother) or them seeing me naked while on holiday. It simply doesn't matter.
Don't believe a word that you're saying. Prove it (with a pic) :P
EDIT: Of yourself that is, not your stepmother (though I'm sure she's a comely woman in her own right)
I agree, which is why a pic of you naked would go a long way in getting nakedness to be more widely accepted in British society... 0 -
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SamWise1972 wrote:In countries where nudity in saunas and other places is pretty normal, people don't feel the need to stare. Why would you?
I don't believe that for a second.
I think specsavers would run out of stock...Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
I could be tempted to join.........critical mass taken to the next level with the nudity to difuse agression from white van drivers?
Cardiff on Saturday, Bristol on Monday hmmmm FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
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Oops, I meant Bristol on Sunday. :oops:FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
I find my saddle just about bearable in baggies and normal boxer shorts! I think going sans clothes would make it rather uncomfortable!! I suppose I could use the minimal cheapo lidl cycle shorts which will actually provide me with a tiny bit more cover then my rather small black swim shorts (not quite full on speedo-cut pants but just enough to cover my awesome cyclists bum!)
As I'm more then happy to strut around a swimming pool in them I don't see the problem and I suppose if I did go fully naked I could just ride around in an aero tuck ;-)0 -
Bassjunkieuk wrote:I find my saddle just about bearable in baggies and normal boxer shorts! I think going sans clothes would make it rather uncomfortable!! I suppose I could use the minimal cheapo lidl cycle shorts which will actually provide me with a tiny bit more cover then my rather small black swim shorts (not quite full on speedo-cut pants but just enough to cover my awesome cyclists bum!)
As I'm more then happy to strut around a swimming pool in them I don't see the problem and I suppose if I did go fully naked I could just ride around in an aero tuck ;-)
If you went naked every woman in a 10mile radius of you would find themselves pregnant.Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
SamWise1972 wrote:there's nothing very erotic about standing around in a field with bicycles.
There are those who might not agree with you.0 -
Mark Elvin wrote:So, I wonder how many "monday morning flagpoles" there will be.......
you ever had wood riding a bicycle (bike was way too ambiguous)
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