Posted on 08/03/2009 11:33:43 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
SEATTLE -- An Everett mother says she's outraged over a weekend protest full of naked cyclists.
The group was riding along the Seattle waterfront Friday night wearing nothing but smiles to expose some of the dangers they face.
But not everyone was smiling.
"I looked and there were naked men with their genitals hanging out," said Marcy Hayes, who was there with her 6-year-old daughter Ashland. "I'm yelling at my daughter to look away."
Hayes says she and her daughter walked out of the Seattle Aquarium and right into the path of a pack of cyclists and all their nakedness.
"I just can't believe this is allowed," she said. "I don't understand what law would say it is OK."
When it comes to naked cyclists, Seattle police have a high tolerance. They said it's not illegal to be naked in public unless you provoke or offend someone.
(Excerpt) Read more at komonews.com ...
“Perhaps you could combine them and have a luxury cycle? Three wheels, leather saddles, gold trim, non-alcoholic champagne stored in the frame, bell with adjustable tones, fifty self-changing gears and sat nav.”
You are on the right lines...try this $17,000 Chanel bike...
http://www.purseblog.com/chanel-bags/the-17000-chanel-bicycle.html
No, I’m quite sure it wasn’t. Still, it does seem kinda counter-productive to be protesting the dangers they face while not wearing any protective gear.
For $18,000 you’d think they would have put a bit more into the styling. From range it looks like something a french peasant would be using sixty years back.
Having had family members who back in the 60s, and 70s were members of the American Sunbathing Association (nudist),I would agree with you. They did what they did behind a fence, and a gate you could only get through as a member or guest. Riding through town exposing yourself to everyone wanting to see you or not, crosses the lewdness line big-time in my book.
I didn't have the durability for long rides (my back would start killing me), so a one-hour loop as fast as I could go was my thing and I loved hill-climbing. Used to ride a loop from Jack London Square to the top of the Berkeley Hills and back in under an hour (lights and all). It was a 22 mile loop with a 1,400 foot altitude gain. So, yeah, that's how fast the flats would go, partly because the signals were set for 30mph. It was a gas.
“There is nothing wrong with the naked human body. There is a difference between nudity and lewdness. Americans are so freakin up tight.”
“Having had family members who back in the 60s, and 70s were members of the American Sunbathing Association (nudist),I would agree with you. They did what they did behind a fence, and a gate you could only get through as a member or guest. Riding through town exposing yourself to everyone wanting to see you or not, crosses the lewdness line big-time in my book.”
Einigkeit
IMO there’s nothing wrong with public nudity - its all about the right time and place - ie saunas, which are best done naked. Its different in Britain - most wouldn’t use a mixed sauna naked (be surprised if there’s any outside of a nudist camp) or even single sex. But what you do get is these silly exhibitionists - just like the subject of this thread, who use the “nothing wrong with nudity” excuse.
OK, I hear men being mentioned, and with the possible exception of gay pride marches and PETA demostrations, usually these public nudity events are primarily males showing off nudity. So shouldn’t the US Justice Department be called in to investigate why these nude bike rides don’t have more women involved? Is there intentional discrimination from the organizers? Hey wait, intent doesn’t matter in discrimination cases, does it? So who has the responsibility to recruit more women to strip off and ride naked in Seattle? Should the orgainizers get some stimulus funds to maybe sponsor environmental awareness at several college sororities? Maybe the government could mandate any sorority receiving public funds to participate?
“naked bike riders, and learning from all of you that this trend is growing in many American cities with a loony majority. Who would of thought?”
unfortunately, not just American cities...
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/london-naked-bike-ride-article-3067.html
Dry enough that you could rub in the lanolin, yup.
Before I got serious, I was a 10-16 y.o. kid riding in San Francisco. My dad had bought me a straight gauge Legnanao, by Emilio Bozzi (steel rims). I loved that bike. I'd hold my hand on it by my bed (OK, that was weird). But man, were there hazards. I had no helmet. Street car tracks on wet pavement were the worst... After all, who's looking for a 13 y.o. nutcase going as fast as traffic in 1968? Two lanes without drain grates on Forest Hill Drive (THAT was psychotic)...
Don't know how I survived.
I still have a jersey that was from a team in Switzerland, owned by a guy who ran a muffler shop. It's got a picture of the exhaust pipes on the back. Marti Pipes! One does get strange looks :-) I've got this 1988 red 54cm Somec SPX. It's a great bike for hills: with triple butted Columbus Air tubing, short rear triangle, laid back forks with the coolest cut-out crown I'd ever seen, short top tube, internal cable runs, crit-bars... and sew-ups. IMHO, there is nothing like the sensual ride of silk, still; it's lively without bouncing (important when you're wailing downhill on 110"? gears 12-18 X 54-48). The bike's got pearlescent, paint with gorgeous blue and white hand striping, beautiful lug work, full C-Record, Campi rims and sew-ups (still!), with STREAMERS on the handlebars. Man, did that ever irritate the newbies.
It sits in the garage, bugging me. Been there, done that, but, sadly, not any more. After all that... I haven't ridden in twenty years. These days, land is my first love. I'm doing habitat restoration for exercise, and for something more important. Thanks for some wonderful memories.
“Don’t Look Ethel!” The Streak by Ray Stevens
In Austin, we can vote for an environmentalist social liberal or we can vote for Leslie, the homeless cross-dresser, I vote for the the latter.
A good conservative friend of mine from Texas always apologizes for Austin. He says he wouldn’t piss on them people if they were on fire. In Ohio, our hippy scumbags live in Yellow Springs. I guess mistakes in the gene pool can crop up just about anywhere.
Despite being liberal, Austin still maintains one of the strongest economies in the nation.
I remember it well. Guitarzan was another Ray Stevens song that us kids would holler “turn it up Dad” from the back seat.
I am sure that is because Austin has the great fortune to be loacted in the great state of Texas. If Austin were on the ocean, I would still wish it to fall into the sea.
I never knew you were a cyclist. :o)
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