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{{Ride location next ride|Date=Saturday 7 June 2008|Time=Meet at 1pm, Ride at 2pm|Location=Freeride, 89 Barre St, Montpelier}} | {{Ride location next ride|Date=Saturday 7 June 2008|Time=Meet at 1pm, Ride at 2pm|Location=Freeride, 89 Barre St, Montpelier}} | ||
| − | '''Route:''' The route is just under 3 miles long and may take about 30 minutes to ride. The terrain covers all over downtown, is almost 100% flat, and is appropriate for any level of rider | + | '''Route:''' The route is just under 3 miles long and may take about 30 minutes to ride. The terrain covers all over downtown, is almost 100% flat, and is appropriate for any level of rider and any kind of bike (including one-speeds). |
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Revision as of 16:16, 13 March 2008
List of rides > US > Montpelier
See MontpelierNakedBikeRide.org for more information.
Contents
Next ride
Date: Saturday 7 June 2008
Time: Meet at 1pm, Ride at 2pm
Location: Freeride, 89 Barre St, Montpelier
Route: The route is just under 3 miles long and may take about 30 minutes to ride. The terrain covers all over downtown, is almost 100% flat, and is appropriate for any level of rider and any kind of bike (including one-speeds).
News
- 11 Mar 2008: Just received word that our WNBR coincides with Fashion Week, which itself mandates a street closure downtown. Of course we can ride around Fashion Week, but would rather ride through it. What a transformative experience this could be: celebrating beautiful clothed bodies and celebrating beautiful naked bodies!
- 10 Mar 2008: 10 confirmed riders to date, including our first participant signed up via email who is completely unknown to us. That's already over three times our force last year... and it's early yet. Keep spreading the word!
- 5 Mar 2008: Our website, MontpelierNakedBikeRide.org, goes live!
- 29 Feb 2008: We meet with Sgt Martel of Montpelier PD to disclose route and event details to the jurisdiction. We are asked to fill out a parade application – although the ride is not a parade – which is still pending. We get verbal confirmation that the police will not enforce the old bike licensing law still on the books in Montpelier. The sergeant also says that he will speak to Burlington PD to see how they handle their WNBR. This is great news because Burlington does such a nice job of things, with everybody having a safe ride, and the whole jurisdiction behind it. Sgt Martel was also encouraging of us to get the word out to media so that Montpelier PD wouldn't have to field so many 9-1-1 calls.
- 6 Feb 2008: Freeride bicycle co-op agrees to be the start and end point of the ride, providing our indoor disrobing and rerobing space. The decision of the steering committee is unanimous, and the mechanics will be riding themselves!
History
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 :-(
