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Revision as of 20:17, 8 December 2008
List of rides > US > Montpelier
See MontpelierNakedBikeRide.org for more information.
Contents
Next ride
Date: June 13 2009
Time: TBD
Location: TBD, Montpelier, Vermont
News
- 8 December 2008: The date of the World Naked Bike Ride & the Montpelier Naked Bike Ride is: SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2009. SAVE THE DATE!
Media coverage
2008
- The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus Editorial Cartoons, 8 Jun 2008: "Montpelier's Naked Bike Riders Saving Valuable Fuel!"
- The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, 8 Jun 2008: "All sorts of buff stuff"
- VPR, 6 Jun 2008: "Naked cyclists to ride through Montpelier"
- WCAX, 5 Jun 2008: "Naked Bike Ride Expected to Swing By Funeral"
- The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, 5 Jun 2008: "Naked question"
- The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, 27 May 2008: "Naked Bike Ride to roll through Montpelier in June"
History
2008
Date: Saturday 7 June 2008
Time: Gathered at 1pm, Rode at 2pm
Location: Started at Freeride bike co-op and traversed 3-mile loop around downtown
Number of Riders: 38 (37 + 1 inline skater)
Duration: About 30 minutes
Weather: Sunny and hot
Reception: Largely positive: hundreds & hundreds of cheering spectators and "amateur photographers" filled the sidewalks of Montpelier. Thanks for your support! Thanks too to the City of Montpelier and to our Montpelier Police Bike Patrol escort for such a successful ride, and we'll see you in 2009!
2007
Date: Saturday 9 June 2007
Time: Rode at 4pm
Location: Started at Hunger Mountain Co-op and traversed downtown
Number of Riders: 3
Duration: About 20 minutes
Weather: Sunny and warm
Reception: Largely positive: lots of thumbs-up, smiles and verbal encouragement. But lots of 9-1-1 calls too :-(
Videos
2008
YouTube:
- World Naked bike ride Montpelier VT posted by 88r100rs (shot by fan on Langdon Street)
- World Naked Bike Ride 2008 - Montpelier Vermont USA posted by jendole (shot by rider on State Street)
- World Naked Bike Ride 2008 - Montpelier Vermont USA posted by jendole (shot by rider on Main Street)
- Overexposed in Vermont posted by orcamedia (Onion River Community Access Media's short documentary on the Montpelier Naked Bike Ride; also watch locally on public access TV, Channel 15).
