The 2014 World Naked Bike Ride is one month from tonight
Oregon’s biggest pay-what-you-will bike ride of the year, which also happens to be the largest clothing-optional bike ride in the world, will start rolling June 7 at 8 p.m.
Oregon’s biggest pay-what-you-will bike ride of the year, which also happens to be the largest clothing-optional bike ride in the world, will start rolling June 7 at 8 p.m.
Photo by Alex Milan Tracy The official count is in: Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride broke a record this year with an estimated 8,150 participants. The last two years, ride organizers put the number of riders at 4,500 and 4,200 people respectively — so this is a substantial increase. The count was performed by volunteers … Read more
Something new this year: we’re using Storify, an embeddable social media aggregator, to round up some of our favorite social media chatter about Saturday’s naked ride — including a few from other WNBRS around the world. Check below the fold for a selection of tweets, videos and photos from the event.
Photos by Alex Milan Tracy. In the future, the 2013 World Naked Bike Ride will be remembered as the year things got sophisticated. Thanks to a permit to gather in the South Park Blocks and a deal with the Portland Art Museum to allow entrance to their bike-design exhibit Cyclepedia for the unique fee of … Read more
It’s safe to say Portland’s never seen a World Naked Bike Ride quite like this.
2) Nobody cares that your body is not perfect. Nobody’s body is perfect, so for one night, everybody’s body gets to be perfect.
As of Thursday morning, the weather forecast for Saturday night is 68 degrees with zero chance of rain.
Coming to the South Park Blocks.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The South Park Blocks, home to Portland’s grand theater venues, museums, and churches, will host the 2013 Portland World Naked Bike Ride on June 8th. Ride organizers have gained the blessing of the Portland Art Museum who will host the ride in the blocks directly in … Read more
Still from Bare As You Dare.(Photo: NW Documentary) Bare As You Dare, a new documentary that goes behind the scenes of Portland’s annual World Naked Bike Ride will debut at Filmed by Bike later this month. The film was created by Ian McCluskey, Lilah Cady, and Jenn Byrne from NW Documentary, a Portland-based non-profit that … Read more
Rolling across the Hawthorne Bridge.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland
You do not want to miss this.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The sun is shining and bike fun spirits are high. Pedalpalooza is going strong and tomorrow night it will reach one of its many climaxes when thousands upon thousands of you get naked and pedal through our wonderful city. Yes, it’s time for the legendary … Read more
Documentary will take closer look at Naked Bike Ride.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) A local non-profit is looking for a few good subjects who aren’t bashful about participating in Portland’s annual Naked Bike Ride. Portland-based NW Documentary teaches classes on documentary filmmaking (including one on how to film by bike) and they also boast a respectable … Read more
Comment of the Week: We need more public restrooms downtown