That weekend featured naked bike rides in other Canadian cities and cities and countries around the world that were able to bare down in better weather. But Edmonton organizer Julie Enman said they are undaunted by the freezing temperatures on the day scheduled, and that they’ve re-scheduled their ride for Saturday, July 4.
“It was disappointing, we would have liked to see the bike ride happen and we feel there were a lot of enthusiastic people that really wanted it to happen too,” Enman told Claire Theobold of the Edmonton Sun. She said the “bare as you dare” event will go at 2 p.m. at End of Steel Park.
Naturally, with the cold causing, you know, shrinkage, in men, there would not have been as much for onlookers — naked bike rides draw onlookers — to see, but that didn’t cause the cancellation. But there was concern about fewer people coming out and about the health of those who did. The forecast for July 4 calls for a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius.
That beats the naked cold.
The World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) started in 2004 and some 70 cities in over 20 countries have sponsored a naked bike ride with many, such as Toronto, Vancouver, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Portland and Thessaloniki in Greece, having rides each year. The WNBR bills itself as a method of protesting our dependance on oil and celebrating the human body.
Edmonton won’t be alone on July 4, others cities having rides that day include Halifax, Amsterdam and Folkstone and Exeter in the U.K..
