A few weeks ago we voiced an undeniable yet unspoken truth about the city of Cleveland: That it could not and will not be considered a real city until it participates in World Naked Bike Ride Day.
Thankfully, some of you were listening and nodding your heads, because such an event is now planned (and we use that word in the loosest sense possible) for Saturday, June 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. beginning at Public Square and ending at Edgewater.
World Naked Bike Ride Day, which actually occurs on a bunch of different days in participating cities, began 15 years ago and now counts dozens of supporting locations. It is a protest of sorts, and whether you come fully clothed, half clothed, or nearly totally naked, the event is one celebrating body positivity, bike safety, consent and environmental protection.
The Facebook event was created by Bike Friends Cleveland and as of now claims a handful of people saying they’ll attend. Hopefully that will change in the coming months.
This article appears in Jan 9-15, 2019.
Fully clothed Vince Grzegorek is going to come take pictures of you naked then put them in Scene magazine.
Congratuations, kids, pat yourself on the back, but don’t reach too low.
So the ride is set for June 8th? Everyone knows damn well there will be a slideshow of jiggling flesh and too-much-information on June 9th. It’s all about the clicks and the hits and increasing ad revenues, not “body positivity”–whatever the hell that is.
To be perfectly frank, I’m too old and too fuzzy and too porky to do a ride like this one, but even if I were half my age and still as skinny as Young Frank (as in Sinatra) was at that age, I wouldn’t do it. Some things are just better left unseen, and left to the imagination.
But now we can be as hip as St. Louis (see above) and all the cool cities on either coast. That’s Cleveland, always trying to go big-league and do what the cool kids are doing. Some people just never grow the f’k up, and are still trying to be cutting-edge. Give it a rest.
This pervert writer shluld just go to a strip club.
Fuzzy Wuzzy Im a 22 yr old male who is heavily tatted and wanna be able to ride my huffy through the city but naked, sorry youre not comfortable in your own skin have fun sitting at home couch tater
I’m just fine in my old wrinkled inkless skin, thank you very much.
Hey, whatever gets you through the night, kid. As the postman said, to each his zone.
I probably have more summer adventures than two or three kids your age. Wintertime is couch time.
A Huffy? Not even a Schwinn? Better hope you don’t hit a pothole and lose some of that ink the hard way.
I rode it he Columbus ride last year. I have plans to ride in the Cleveland one this year.
I rode in Columbus last year too! So Glad Cleveland is finally getting its own Ride! I’ll b wearing a purse, a scarf. & A handful of leaves lol