A naked bike ride being billed as a protest to Trump’s illegal invasion of Portland has been scheduled for Sunday, October 12th at 2:30 pm.
The “Emergency World Naked Bike Ride” is being organized by the group that created a second naked bike ride in 2024 when Portland’s original version took the year off. The two rides have very similar names (World Naked Bike Ride Portland and Portland World Naked Bike Ride) which has caused some confusion. The riding club behind the ride, Naked Hearts PDX, has led hundreds of group rides and is known for the heart-shaped speaker box and sound system pulled behind a cargo trailer.
The organizers who are behind this “emergency” ride say there’s is distinct from the other one in its commitment to direct action. Their first ride in September 2024 included a die-in in front of the headquarters of Zenith Energy in the Northwest Industrial District.
“We ride to protest the militarization of our City,” organizers wrote on Instagram this morning. “This is a very peaceful form of protest. Joy is a form of protest. Being together with mutual respect and kindness is a form of protest… The vulnerability of bodies could not be more explicit than seeing our neighbors kidnapped off our streets while at the same time those who protest at the Ice Facility are dealing with being brutalized.”
The group’s first post on October 1st went viral and was covered in headlines all over the world, including a mention on NPR’s weekend radio show, “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.”
Everyone is welcome on the ride, whether you choose to go fully nude or not.
The start location of the ride has not been announced but is expected Friday. For updates, follow @worldnakedbikerideportland on Instagram.
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Naked Bike Ride makes NPR Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
Lightning Fill in the Blank round at the end of the show
Fast Forward to 40mins and 14seconds
https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/g-s1-92003/wait-wait-for-october-4-2025-with-not-my-job-guest
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/g-s1-91996
At the very least, this ride will raise awareness of the national security concerns justifying the deployment of hundreds of troops, the allocation of millions of dollars, and the direct involvement of top leadership including the President and Secretary of Defense.
Weather is expected to be cool and possibly wet — that kind of ride in the buff is hard core
It’s the secretary of WAR now…
The name change is just insane (holding head in hands emoji).
I’ve got a bad feeling about this. People are itching for an opportunity to get a slice of victimhood pie. I hope the organizers steer clear of the ICE facility.
If “joy is a form of protest” then maybe do the joyful thing somewhere far away from all the anger and sadness down on Macadam.
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Having a protest against ICE that avoids ICE is weird. But so is having a public protest for which the details are kept secret.
On one hand, the ridiculous spectacle could help draw attention to how ludicrous depicting Portland as a war zone is. On the other, I think being confined in a large group right in front of ICE is a really bad idea.
Those ICE guys literally don’t have anything better to do, and the lifeblood of the administration and its supporters is all about the optics of enraging the libs, intimidation, and cruelty. There’s a lot of opportunity for them on all those fronts if the ride passes in front of them. I hope people will be careful.
What “invasion”?
You may have missed the news, but the president is attempting to deploy out of state national guard forces without authorization from our Governor; intending to use the military against US citizens in Portland.
It is a clear violation of Posse Comitatus and every American who believes in limited government should be outraged.
Performative activism is so 2020 but I love the energy
Lol! Right out of Porlandia! Activism is so over! Protest is over! Naked is over! Bike riding is over!!!
Would be great if the ride highlighted all the Un-War-zone-like parts of Portland and was well documented…ie Waterfront, East Bank, Parkblocks, Broadway etc…. pretty much anywhere I guess as long as it’s apparent how Portlandia most of Portland is.