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INFO FOR OUR RIDERS:

We rode again for the 7th straight year on Saturday August 29, 2015: Biggest ride on the East Coast!

There is no sign-in or registration for our ride. Riders should check one of the links below for further information.

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Check PNBR's Facebook Community page for info (original PNBR Facebook Group was removed by admin in September 2014 due to many "obscenity" flags on photos and videos)

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the official WordPress blog site

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Next ride

Date: TBA 2016
Time: TBA
Location: Location and route map will be revealed on the above websites about 24-48 hrs before the ride

Media coverage

try a web search as all links below are inactive and unarchived: search PNBR on DuckDuckGo

• Phrequency blog, 8 Sep 2009: "The Philly Naked Bike Ride"
• CityPaper.net video blog, 7 Sep 2009: "Naked in the Streets: Video footage from the Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride"
• KYW NewsRadio 1060, 6 Sep 2009: "It's the First Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride"
• Philadelphia Inquirer, 5 Sept 2009: "Bicyclists to ride nude through Philadelphia"
• Philadelphia Daily News, 4 Sept 2009: "Tour de No-pants"
• City Paper, 3 Sep 2009: "Grin and Bare It"
• City Paper, 4 Jun 2009: "Biketopia – How to make Philly a cyclist's paradise."

History

PNBR 2010

• PNBR 2015 Between 925 to 1050 riders (based on 2 video counts at different points) along a shortened 8 to 8.5 mile route in about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Plans to go 10 miles changed along with the start location after Fairmount Park police and Philadelphia police told the organizers to move as they did not have a required permit for a gathering in the park. Philadelphia police also requested that the group leave earlier than planned from the new starting location at Drexel Park in University City, either due to the lack of a permit once again or because residents adjacent to the park or visitors to the park made complaints. No arrests or any troubles ensued at any point and the ride was another success on a mostly sunny day with highs in the 80s. Route went around University City, into Center City, around Rittenhouse Square, City Hall, Independence Mall, the 5th Street tunnel, Chinatown, Center City again, along Broad and South Streets, and finished in the athletic fields adjacent to the west side of Jefferson Square in South Philly. A clothing-optional party was held that night right after the ride at Isaiah Zagar's art studio in South Philly.

• PNBR 2014 Much lighter turnout of about 850 riders (based on 2 video counts at different points) probably due to an inaccurate weather forecast for thunderstorms, heavy rain and high winds. On ride day only a few minutes of very light drizzle occurred while riding near the Art Museum and there were no high winds or lightning. Weather was very warm but mostly cloudy when we started once again in the empty lot adjacent to Penn Treaty Park. The approximately 10-mile-long route passed thru Chinatown, along the Ben Franklin Parkway, past the Art Museum, around University City, back into Center City, around Rittenhouse Square, City Hall, Independence Mall, the 5th Street tunnel and back to the starting point after about 2 hours. A nice relaxed after-party and informal yoga session occurred for an hour or so, then the police dispersed the remaining crowd of riders from Penn Treaty Park. Some clothing-required parties for PNBR riders were held in bars near the Piazza.

• PNBR 2013 Estimates are we had 3000 to 3400 riders! (this estimate is high - a nearly complete video with fast-moving riders crowding around Logan Circle shows about 1600 to 1800, maybe 2000 max)

We started from an empty lot adjacent to the southwest side of Penn Treaty Park on the Delaware River and rode a full ten miles across the city to the Art Museum, down the Ben Franklin Parkway and around City Hall, along South Street, wending our way past Rittenhouse Square and back up through Old City to finish at the Piazza.

The weather was absolutely gorgeous, 85 and sunny, though perhaps a bit too sunny for the shadeless starting point. The pace of the ride was slow most of the way, but with a few faster sections and a few stops. It took about six and a half minutes at a good pace (by YouTube video) for the whole pack to pass an intersection on Spring Garden St.

New owners at the Piazza put the kibosh on the naked after party at PYT that we've enjoyed for the last three years, and the attempted hangout in the parking lot next door was spoiled by, well, parked cars. The search is on for a new ending location for next year.

• PNBR 2012 2600 Riders!

• PNBR 2011

• PNBR 2010 Number 2 had awesome weather, and had over two thousand participants. There were a few accidents, but luckly only mild ones to report. It was about an 4 mile ride that lasted for about two hours.

• PNBR 2009 Philadelphia's first ride was on Sunday 6 September 2009. The innaugural ride assembled along the Schuylkill river trail. Riders and onlookers were separated at the Locust Street entrance to the trail. Riders assembled on the lower trail between Walnut and Chestnut streets; onlookers were encouraged to watch the meet-up and cheer from the elevated ramps and walkways between the two bridges. A small changing/body painting area was set up beneath the ramps between Walnut and Chestnut for riders wanting some privacy to get ready. The non-riders at the meeting place were excited and supportive. With over 1,000 people at the site there were only two reports of crude or aggressive behavior by non-riders before departure.

Preparations were completed within an hour and a half. There was communication with police at the meeting site and an escort was provided. The PNBR drummers marched down the trail to start the ride. The Philadelphia Police were outstanding: respectful and supportive; stopping traffic at major intersections, and staying throughout the route. An errant rider led a group of approximately 40 on a fast paced, and at times difficult, alternate route. They made it to the afterparty unscathed.

The route ended at 5th and Fairmount, getting off the street and into the afterparty was time consuming, but police continued to help direct traffic and riders until the intersection was cleared.

Links

Websites

• PNBR's WordPress blog
• PNBR's Facebook Community
• PNBR 2015 Facebook event page

Photos

• Flickr: 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 (all are 18+ groups so must have an account)
• Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Blog, 6 Sept 2009: Philly Bike Coalition Flickr
• Philadelphia Weekly: 2009 ride by Jeff Fusco

Videos

• Philly.com Video Post 7 Sept 2009
• Vimeo (search="Philly Naked Bike Ride")
• YouTube (search="Philly Naked Bike Ride")
• YouTube playlist for 2015

Contact

• info@phillynakedbikeride.org

Location information

• Google Map of Philadelphia
• Wikipedia: Philadelphia
• Wikipedia: Pennsylvania
• Wikipedia: United States