Clothing-optional bike rides
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There are many clothing-optional and topfree cycling events around the world. Some rides are political, recreational, artistic or a unique combination.
Body art (such as body painting) are common forms of creative expression, as well as costumes, art bikes, portable sound reinforcement systems (such as public address systems/bullhorns, and boomboxes), musical instruments as well as other types of noisemakers.
Many of the political rides have their roots from Critical Mass and are often described or categorized as a form of political protest, street theatre, party-on-wheels, streaking, public nudity and clothing-optional recreation and thus attracts a wide-range of participants.
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[edit] Clothing-optional bike ride events
Full and partial (especially topfree) nudity is encouraged, but not mandatory, on all rides. Some people ride in their underwear (also known as underwearing).
[edit] Political, and often artistic rides
- Critical Ass
- Hemp Ride Starting in 2007
- World Naked Bike Ride An international event (Since 12 June 2004)
- Manifestación Ciclonudista Mundial in Spain (Since 2001)
- Body Pride Ride in Seattle (Since 2005)
- Naked Bike Rides by Against War/Artists for Peace in Vancouver (3 January, 3 April, 27 June and 6 September 2003)
- Critical Mass Ciclonudista in Italy
- Nacktradeln.de
[edit] Recreational rides, not overtly political
- Nackt Radtour Naked cycling tours in Germany (since 2000).
[edit] Mostly artistic, non-political rides
- Solstice Cyclists in Seattle. (Since 1992, with bodypainting since in 1998?)
- Critical Tits at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada
- The Naked Bike Ride at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont - A bi-annual event held the midnight after the last day of classes each semester
- The Queen video for Bicycle Race.
[edit] Topfree bike ride events
Topfreedom is allowed but full nudity is not allowed, or discouraged
- Sydney Body Art Ride in Sydney, Australia. (Since 2005)
- Critical Tits, held every year at Burning Man
[edit] Related bike ride events
- Critical Ass is a variant of the Critical Mass bike ride, where participating bicyclists ride in their underwear (also known as underwearing) or in the nude. In June 2004, 22 world cities participated in World Naked Bike Ride, an international Critical Ass-style event. Regular Critical Ass rides take place in New York City, and other locales throughout North America.[1]
- Historically, some Critical Mass rides themselves have had incidents of full or partial nudity.[citation needed]
[edit] Filmography
- Solstice: A Celebration of the Art of Bodypainting produced by James W. Taylor/Circle Rock, 2004. Includes clips of the 2003 Solstice Cyclists
- Radtour-Classics 2001: Nackt-Radtour in und um Karlsruhe am 14. 6. 2001 A film by Karl-Heinz Kreutler.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Eye Weekly Jun 2, 2005 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): "Nudist Profiling," accessed on Feb 23 2006. [1]
[edit] See also
- Individual and political action on climate change and Soft energy path
- Bohemianism and Counterculture
- Clothes free movement
- List of public outdoor clothes free places
- Reclaim the Streets
- Culture jamming and Direct action and Flash mob and Smart mob
- Nude beach
- Nudity in sport
- Public nudity
- Utility cycling
