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A clothing-optional bike ride is a cycling
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....
 event in which nudity
Nudity

Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing.Based on scientific research into louse it is estimated that humans have been wearing clothing for 650,000 years....
 is permitted or expected.






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A clothing-optional bike ride is a cycling
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....
 event in which nudity
Nudity

Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing.Based on scientific research into louse it is estimated that humans have been wearing clothing for 650,000 years....
 is permitted or expected. There are many clothing-optional cycling events around the world. Some rides are political, recreational, artistic or a unique combination. Some are used to promote topfreedom
Topfreedom

Topfreedom is a social movement seeking the recognition of a right of women and girls to be toplessness in public where men and boys have that right....
, a social movement to accord women and girls the right to be topless in public where men and boys have that right.

Body art
Body art

Body art is art made on, with, or consisting of, the human body. The most common forms of body art are tattoos and body piercings, but other types include scarification, scarification, scalpelling, shaping , body suit and body painting....
 (such as body painting
Body painting

Body painting, or sometimes bodypainting, is a form of body art, considered by some as the most ancient form of art. Unlike tattoo and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, painted onto the human skin, and lasts for only several hours, or at most a couple of weeks....
) are common forms of creative expression, as well as costume
Costume

The term costume can refer to Wardrobe and style of dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period....
s, art bike
Art bike

An art bike is generally considered to be any bicycle modified for creative purposes while still being ridable. It is considered a type of kinetic sculpture....
s, portable sound reinforcement system
Sound reinforcement system

File:Large_Outdoor_Concert.jpgA sound reinforcement system is the combination of microphones, signal processors, amplifiers, and loudspeakers that makes live or pre recorded sounds louder and may also distribute those sounds to a larger or more distant audience....
s (such as public address
Public address

A public address or "PA" system is an electronic amplifier system with a Mixing console, amplifier and loudspeakers, used to reinforce a given sound, e.g., a person making a speech, prerecorded music, or message, and distributing the sound to the general public around a building....
 systems/bullhorns
Megaphone

A megaphone, speaking-trumpet, bullhorn or loud hailer is a portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device whose application is to amplify a person?s voice towards a targeted direction....
, and boombox
Boombox

A boombox, also known as ghetto blaster, jambox, or radio-cassette, is a name given to portable stereophonic sound systems capable of playing radio stations and recorded music , at relatively high loudness....
es), musical instrument
Musical instrument

A musical instrument is an object constructed or used for the purpose of making music. In principle, anything that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument....
s as well as other types of noisemakers.

Many of the political rides have their roots from Critical Mass
Critical Mass

Critical Mass is a bicycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 city around the world. While the ride was originally founded in 1992 with the idea of drawing attention to how unfriendly the city was to bicyclists, the leaderless structure of Critical Mass makes it impossible to assign it any one specific goal...
 and are often described or categorized as a form of political protest
Protest

Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations: sometimes in favor, though more often opposed. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly and forcefully making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or may undertake direct action to attempt to directly enact desi...
, street theatre
Street theatre

Street theatre is a form of theatre performance and presentation in outdoor public spaces without a specific paying audience. These spaces can be anywhere, including Shopping mall, Parking lot, recreational reserves and street corners....
, party
Party

A party is a gathering of persons who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, and recreation. A party will typically feature eating and Drinking#Alcoholic beverages, and often music and dancing as well....
-on-wheels, streaking
Streaking

Streaking is the act of taking off one's clothes and running Nudity through a public place....
, public nudity
Public nudity

Public nudity or nude in public refers to nudity not in an entirely private context. It refers to a person appearing nude in a public place or to be seen from a public place....
 and clothing-optional recreation
Naturism

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-0828-411A, Wismarer Bucht, FKK-Strand.jpgNaturism or nudism is a cultural movement and political movement advocating and defending social nudity in private and in public nudity....
 and thus attracts a wide-range of participants.

Events

Full and partial (especially topfree) nudity
Nudity

Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing.Based on scientific research into louse it is estimated that humans have been wearing clothing for 650,000 years....
 is encouraged, but not mandatory, on all rides. Some people ride in their underwear
Undergarment

Undergarments are Clothing worn under other clothes, often next to the skin. They keep outer garments from being soiled by perspiration, shape the body and provide support for parts of it....
.

Political and often artistic rides

  • Critical Ass
  • Starting in 2007
  • World Naked Bike Ride
    World Naked Bike Ride

    World Naked Bike Ride is an international clothing-optional bike ride in which participants plan, meet and ride together en masse on human-powered transport to "protest oil dependency and celebrate the power and individuality of our bodies"....
     An international event (Since 12 June 2004)
  • in Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
     (Since 2001)
  • in Seattle (Since 2005)
  • by in Vancouver
    Vancouver

    Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
     (3 January, 3 April, 27 June and 6 September 2003)
  • in Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....


Recreational rides, not overtly political

  • Nackt Radtour
    Nackt Radtour

    Nackt-Radtour, Karlsruher FKK Rad-Classics and Karlsruher Nacktradeltour are references used to describe annual Clothing-optional bike rides Bicycle touring in Germany, many of which happen around Karlsruhe....
     Naked cycling tours in Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
     (since 2000).
  • The Naked Bike Ride at the University of Vermont
    University of Vermont

    The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, more commonly known as The University of Vermont, is a national public research university and the state of Vermont's land-grant university....
    , a bi-annual event held at midnight after the last day of classes each semester


Mostly artistic, non-political rides

  • Solstice Cyclists
    Solstice Cyclists

    The Solstice Cyclists is an artistic, non-political, clothing-optional bike rides celebrating the spirit of the Midsummer, and which constitutes an unofficial start for the Summer Solstice Parade & Pageant, an event produced by the Fremont Arts Council in the Fremont, Seattle, Washington district of Seattle....
     in Seattle. (Since 1992, with bodypainting since in 1998?)
  • Critical Tits at Burning Man
    Burning Man

    Burning Man is an annual event held in the Black Rock Desert, in Northern Nevada. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening....
     in the Black Rock Desert
    Black Rock Desert

    The Black Rock Desert is a dry lake bed and the surrounding endorheic basin in northwestern Nevada in the United States. The flat expanse of dry lake, or playa, is a remnant of the prehistoric Lake Lahontan, which existed between 18,000 and 7,000 BC during the Wisconsin glaciation....
     in Nevada
    Nevada

    Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
  • The Queen
    Queen (band)

    Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
     video for Bicycle Race
    Bicycle Race

    "Bicycle Race" is a hit single for the England rock band Queen . It was released on their 1978 album Jazz and written by Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury....
    .


Topfree events

Topfreedom
Topfreedom

Topfreedom is a social movement seeking the recognition of a right of women and girls to be toplessness in public where men and boys have that right....
 is allowed but full nudity
Nudity

Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing.Based on scientific research into louse it is estimated that humans have been wearing clothing for 650,000 years....
 is not allowed, or is discouraged:

  • Sydney Body Art Ride
    Sydney Body Art Ride

    The Sydney Body Art Ride is a community-driven art event which raises funds for children's cancer research while promoting healthy sustainable living....
     in Sydney
    Sydney

    Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
    , Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    . (Since 2005)
  • Critical Tits, held every year at Burning Man
    Burning Man

    Burning Man is an annual event held in the Black Rock Desert, in Northern Nevada. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening....
  • Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.

    Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
     Dyke March


Related bike ride events

  • Critical Ass is a variant of the Critical Mass
    Critical Mass

    Critical Mass is a bicycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 city around the world. While the ride was originally founded in 1992 with the idea of drawing attention to how unfriendly the city was to bicyclists, the leaderless structure of Critical Mass makes it impossible to assign it any one specific goal...
     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
    World Naked Bike Ride

    World Naked Bike Ride is an international clothing-optional bike ride in which participants plan, meet and ride together en masse on human-powered transport to "protest oil dependency and celebrate the power and individuality of our bodies"....
    , an international Critical Ass-style event. Regular Critical Ass rides have taken place in New York City, Chicago, Seattle and other locales throughout North America.
  • Some Critical Mass rides themselves have had incidents of full or partial nudity. Seattle Critical Ass is an example of one such ride.


Activists

Known activists include Daniel Lorenz Johnson
Daniel Lorenz Johnson

Daniel Lorenz Johnson is an United States of America artist, activism, community organizing and writer who has worked for the advancement of various progressive politics/social liberalism causes through interdisciplinarity, collaborative projects involving grassroots, media art and popular culture....
, Jennifer Moss
Jennifer Moss (activist)

Jennifer Moss a.k.a. "Gennifer Moss", "Earth Friend Gen", "Ojai's 'Pastie Lady'" and "Ashland's Naked Lady" is a Peace activist, sustainable living, social nudity and topfreedom activism living in Ashland, Oregon who is best known for Inline skates and Clothing-optional bike rides....
, Simon Oosterman
Simon Oosterman

Simon Oosterman is a New Zealand political activist, trade unionist, and anarchist. He is best known for coordinating the Unite Union campaign Supersizemypay.com which targeted the fast food industry and led to the abolition of youth rates, a $12 minimum wage and the , and for his involvement in the World Naked Bike Ride on which he was arre...
, Conrad Schmidt
Conrad Schmidt

Conrad Schmidt is an activism and writer living in Vancouver. Schmidt founded the group Artists for Peace/Artists Against War , created World Naked Bike Ride in 2003 and founded the Work Less Party of British Columbia....
 (WNBR founder) and Terri Sue Webb
Terri Sue Webb

Terri Sue Webb is an activist living in Bend, Oregon, who was one of few activists in the United States active in The Freedom to be Yourself campaign....
.

Filmography

  • Solstice: A Celebration of the Art of Bodypainting produced by James W. Taylor/Circle Rock, 2004. Includes clips of the 2003 Solstice Cyclists
    Solstice Cyclists

    The Solstice Cyclists is an artistic, non-political, clothing-optional bike rides celebrating the spirit of the Midsummer, and which constitutes an unofficial start for the Summer Solstice Parade & Pageant, an event produced by the Fremont Arts Council in the Fremont, Seattle, Washington district of Seattle....
  • Radtour-Classics 2001: Nackt-Radtour in und um Karlsruhe am 14. 6. 2001 A film by Karl-Heinz Kreutler.


See also

  • Individual and political action on climate change and Soft energy path
    Soft energy path

    In 1976 Amory Lovins coined the term "soft path" to describe an alternative future where efficiency and appropriate renewable energy sources steadily replace a centralized energy system based on fossil and nuclear fuels....
  • Bohemianism
    Bohemianism

    The term bohemian, of French origin, was first used in the English language in the nineteenth century to describe the untraditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, musicians, and actors in major European cities....
     and Counterculture
    Counterculture

    Counterculture is a Sociology term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition....
  • Naturism
    Naturism

    File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-0828-411A, Wismarer Bucht, FKK-Strand.jpgNaturism or nudism is a cultural movement and political movement advocating and defending social nudity in private and in public nudity....
  • List of public outdoor clothes free places
    List of public outdoor clothes free places

    This is a list of public outdoor nudity areas for recreation. Includes free beaches , parks, clubs, regional organizations and some resorts....
  • Reclaim the Streets
    Reclaim the Streets

    Reclaim the Streets is a collective with a shared ideal of community ownership of public spaces. Participants characterize the collective as a resistance movement opposed to the dominance of corporation forces in globalisation, and to the automobile as the dominant mode of transport....
  • Culture jamming
    Culture jamming

    Culture jamming is an individualistic turning away from all forms of herd mentality ? including that of social movements ? and by that definition, culture jamming is generally not treated as a movement....
     and Direct action
    Direct action

    Direct action is politically motivated activity undertaken by individuals, groups, or governments to achieve political goals outside of normal social/political channels....
     and Flash mob
    Flash mob

    A flash mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse....
     and Smart mob
    Smart mob

    A smart mob is a form of self-structuring social organization through technology-mediated, intelligent emergent behavior. The concept was introduced by Howard Rheingold in his book Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution....
  • Nude beach
    Nude beach

    File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-0828-411A, Wismarer Bucht, FKK-Strand.jpgA nude beach is a beach where users are legally at liberty to be nudity....
  • Nudity in sport
    Nudity in sport

    Nudity in sport is uncommon but has not been totally absent from ancient or current sporting activities....
  • Naked Hiking
    Naked hiking

    Naked walking also known as naked hiking or Freehiking is a sub-set of the modern form of social nudity. ...
  • Public nudity
    Public nudity

    Public nudity or nude in public refers to nudity not in an entirely private context. It refers to a person appearing nude in a public place or to be seen from a public place....
  • Utility cycling
    Utility cycling

    Utility cycling encompasses any cycling not done primarily for physical fitness, recreation such as bicycle touring, or sport such as bicycle racing, but simply as a means of transport....