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Date: Sat. 7th June 2008
Time: 11:30pm gather; midnight ride
Location: Monroe park... 10th? and Monroe st.
Ride details
Let's build on what learned from the March 9th 2008 ride and do it again only better in June. The police said they wouldn't have interfered if #1 they'd known about it in advance and #2 the riders had obeyed traffic laws. I suggest we make these two changes and then they won't have any excuse to be mad at us, unless they just hate seeing people have fun. I have searched Oregon state law online and can't find any law which makes public nudity illegal unless it's advertising for a commercial venture. - tiedyeguy@hotmail.com
I hate to be a buggar, but the only problem we had with the last ride was that a small few individuals took it upon themselves to get cocky with over 100 of us behind them, and decided to run out in front of cars and red lights and not stop at stop signs. We didn't alert the police force because the Eugene police attitudes do not reflect Eugene and are very against nudity in general. We didn't want to be stopped before we could get started, so they were intentionally not informed.
I would like to add that we still respect everyone on the road, so this time, obey traffic laws, however - we ride as one vehicle. and I will make sure there is a route and leaders who know the rules. -- Appleseed
Next ride: Saturday June 7th 2008. Monroe Park. 11:30pm
Media coverage
- The Register-Guard, Tim Christie, 09 Mar 2008: "Police not amused by naked ride"
- Associated Press NewsWire (March 9, 2008 11:45 PM ET) picked up by:
- KTVZ.com, 9 Mar 2008: "Brief confrontation interrupts Eugene's naked bike ride"
- KOIN.com, 10 Mar 2008: "Naked Bike Ride Interrupted By Police"
- KCBY.com, 10 Mar 2008: "Cops briefly clash with naked bike riders" (full text)
- WCSH6.com, 10 Mar 2008: "Naked Ride Draws Attention"
Note: the following text was omitted from the KTVZ, KOIN, and WCSH coverage, but was included in the KCBY coverage:
Portland has been host to such rides for several years. Last year's event drew more than 1,000 participants.
"It's just fun and it caught on as a novel thing to do," said Jonathan Maus, editor of bikeportland.org. "It's a sign of a good healthy bike culture."
History
2006
Planning notes were posted to this page for a proposed ride in 2006. It is not known if the ride went ahead. Notes follow:
Ok i am just geting started. We are in the prosess of planning The World Naked Bike Ride in Eugene, OR. Hopefully we will have a before and after party with live bands. We plan on trying to get the vallet bike parking guys involved (if your from Eugene then you know what i am talking about). Any way we look forward to any advise or help that may be at service and will be posting pics and more info as we get things put together. Thanks ow and ya we are talking about doing this ride of course June 11, 2006.
--Ridenaked4fun 15:57, 31 Aug 2005 (PDT)
