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Date: Saturday March 13, 2010
Time: gather at 11:30pm
Location: Skinner's Butte Park

Ride details

Not Police Protected this time. It needs to be a safer space event and the police prevented that. They are not invited again. Appleseed will not be there, she will be at the Golden Bay, New Zealand ride. This is entirely DIY for the participants, make your own flyers, gather at 11:30pm, ride at midnight....bring paint, glitter, wings, lights, musical instruments, fire toys, alert the media, BE the WNBR, its all on you! I believe in you, and know you will ROCK it!

Be respectful on the road, don't give the popo a reason to arrest you. Hand Signals, bike lights, travel as a group, take up one lane, etc. it will drive them NUTS that they can't stop you. If you do get arrested, contact the Civil Liberties Defense center for legal representation. You should be protected (nudity wise) as a freedom of speech under the first amendment. Rev. Phil in Pdx has taken this to court many a time, so in Pdx it is legally protected to be naked on a bike.....

We will meet at 11:3pm in Skinner's Butte Park, like the very first time There we can derobe, paint up and help others do the same. at midnight sharp we will leave This time, there is no route, YOU are the route Helmets and Bike Lights a Must!

This is a safer space event. Everyone should be doing their part to make this an inclusive event. all ages, sizes, religious affilitation, gender, sexes, sexual orientations, political affiliation, economic affiliation should feel included. This is a safer space event, do your part to make it so, and support your fellow cyclists if someone is being out of line/ offensive/ oppressive/ putting others in danger

so come on, lets celebrate people! it is about our love of bikes, our positive body image, independence from petro oils. And most of all, it is about being ridiculous, shaking things up, bringing that cosmic wonder back into our eyes, opening our hearts, and screaming from the bottom of our lungs: Less Gas, More ASS!!!!!

World Naked Bike Ride is a protest against our over consumption and dependence on oil by celebrating how wonderful, accessible, inexpensive, and freeing the revolutionary bicycle is!

If you are a fire dancer or musician, please come at 11pm to be a beacon of light for fellow cyclists to gather around! And alert the media: Register Guard, Kezi, Kval, Oregon Voice, Oregon Daily Emerald, Siusulaw News, Eugene Weekly, etc.

And please friend "appleseed bike" on facebook to stay updated!!

Media coverage

2009

• The Register-Guard, date?: Headline? (dead link) – [That was an awesome ride! Here is the follow-up Register-Guard story.]
• The Register-Guard, Mar 14, 2009: "Cyclists in bike parade to air views in ride of protest" – [Apparently Police Still aren't amused, but their superiors have commanded this event go without a hitch!]

2008

• Eugene Weekly, 5 Jun 2008: "Look, Ma! No Tan Lines!" – [Eugene Weekly covering nude Eugene and mentions World Naked Bike 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."

• The Register-Guard, 9 Mar 2008: "Police not amused by naked ride", by Tim Christie

History

2009

Saturday 14 March 2009

This time we were police-escorted! I'm so glad their superiors came to their senses. We won't stop the rock. About 50 people showed up in various states of dress, and we were escorted through the heart of downtown. 45 degrees and raining – nothing can stop Eugenians! We got the whole road and were able to use Monroe St park.

Next ride's on Saturday 13 June 2009! Hopefully Portland will do theirs on a different date so we can ride Eugene and pdx!

Thank you to everyone who participated – you did a wonderful job!

...and sweetlife afterwards rocked.

2008

Our March 2008 ride was terrifying to say the least, yet still very fun and liberating.

...Then June 7th came along and This time around it was all fun! We celebrated bike safety, helmets, lights, laughs, smiles, and bare fun. There were 100+ of us again. We stayed in one lane, we stopped at every red light, and every 4 way cross stop we moved as one vehicle. There were cheers, and costumes and lights.

Dare to bare

Less gas more ass!

The cops came, saw and left, realizing that tasering another innocent this close to last week would be detrimental to their credentials and we didn't give them a reason to taser us.

Thank you so much to everyone who came out - maybe another this August? Let's make it happen!

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 getting started. We are in the process 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 valet 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)

Links

Discussion groups

• World Naked Bike Ride (Eugene) Facebook group

Event listings

• World Naked Bike Ride of Eugene Facebook event (2009)

Location information

• ViaMichelin map of Eugene, Oregon
• Wikipedia: Eugene, Oregon
• Wikipedia: Oregon