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The Next Ride Details

• Our second ride of the year will be March 14, 2020 Saturday, 11:00 AM -

Please note San Francisco chapter of the WNBR has a total of 5 rides per year. Some of our rides are in conjunction with other cities riding in the northern and southern hemispheres. Other rides are unique to San Francisco, as we have created a WNBR for Earth Day in April and our New Years Day Polar Plunge Ride.

The Ride Details

• Our first WNBR ride of the year is Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at 10:30AM -

It's not just the first World Naked Bike Ride event of the year, it's a beach day. In conjunction with the Riptide Bar on Taraval, it's the 2020 Polar Plunge. What better way to begin a Polar Plunge than to get there with a brief but exhilarating WNBR. Our WNBR group will begin meeting at 10:30am at the Great Highway and Lincoln Way intersection. At 11:30am, we will do a ride down the Great Highway to the Taraval crossing onto Ocean Beach, where the Polar Plunge will take place. If you choose to join us without riding, this is where you can meet us. At Noon, it has been a tradition for several years now to run into the Pacific waters along Ocean Beach in you skivvies, your bathing suits, your tuxedos and tutus and of course, your WNBR riding gear. After this tempting the temps of the Pacific. our group of riders can linger on the beach and socialize, if the weather is inviting, and almost every year it is a pleasant mid 60s. If not, we can meet for libations up on Taraval at The Riptide Bar.

• Join our group!!! Keep up to date on this event, future rides and info at our:

World Naked Bike Ride - San Francisco Fan Page

• RSVP at our Facebook WNBR-SF New Years 2020 Polar Plunge Page

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WNBR Beach After-Party

• Time: After the Ride | Location: Sunset District, Taraval Street

• We would like to have a possible After Ride Party. Plan to stay at Ocean Beach for a beach party. If the weather is so chilly, then we will meet at the Riptide Bar for food and drinks with the remaining riders.

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

• Our first ride of the year The date for the 5th Annual World Naked Bike Ride - New Years 2020 - Polar Plunge.

• Time: 10:30 AM | Location: Northwest corner of the Great Highway and Lincoln Way..

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• Join our Facebook Fan Page
• RSVP event page available here 5th Annual World Naked Bike Ride New Years 2020 Polar Plunge

The Facebook Event Page has discussions and posts as well as additional ride details

The WNBR Basics

Schedule 10:30 AM: Gather. Meet at the northwestern corner of the intersection of the Great Highway and Lincoln way, west of the corner of Golden Gate Park. Remain dressed until instructed to disrobe for the ride Route The route couldn't be more basic. We will sprint or leisurely ride south down the Great Highway until Taraval crossing to Ocean Beach.About a ten minute ride. Ride Pace and Difficulty Just try to stay on the right shoulder or in the right lane. With enough riders, we will take up the right lane the whole way. There is often a sand bank on the right shoulder, so the right lane is preferred. Cars will be passing us. Most cars go slow, as drivers and passengers like getting pictures, but there can always be that impatient jerk that speeds by. Weather Out of the past five years, it has been seasonably mild in the 60s. Only one year was it somewhat chilly. Ideal beach weather most years, so we plan on remaining on he beach after the Polar Plunge until the weather gets to chilly. There is also an after party atthe Riptide bar on Taraval to go to after the Plunge and after our beach gathering. San Francisco Chronicle KCBS Radio, San Francisco Getting there You can ride your bike to the start from anywhere in the city. Out of town, you can ride from BART or CALTRAIN or put your bike on the front of Muni buses. If you drive, I suggest parking near the finish line on the eastern old Great Highway side or on 48th Avenue. You can then stow your bike and retrieve your beach gear. Bay Area Rapid Transit CalTrain

Bikes Your bike is in good shape if you ride frequently, but if your last ride was a WNBR, check your tires, brakes and shifters. Do your maintenainceand tuning before the ride, not during it. Alternative Participation Being California, everyone does things differently. We want to offer the broadest possible welcome. First of all, obey all the Laws of Comfort! There's no nudity requirement. Whether you come clothed in a full-length Fun-Fur or just a top hat, come as bare as you dare. Most riders carry some minimal clothing to wear when arriving and departing the group. One bike rental place offered 50% discounts to WNBR riders last year. See the FAQ for more info. Skates Secondly, skaters are welcome. Some skaters have joined us repeatedly! Since skaters tend to expend about 2x as much energy, and tend to roll 50% slower than bikers, skaters may wish to follow an abbreviated but comparable route by linking the level grades in the beginning and ending segments of the ride. One very accomplished naked skater in the 2010 SF WNBR skated up and down the steepest part of Lombard Street, The Crookedest Street in the World, to everyone's amazement. Public Nudity in San Francisco The park Police and Park Rangers have jurisdiction on Ocean Beach. SFPD has responsibility for the Great Highway. We have First Amendment protection, but always be prepared to cover if asked. Ocean Beach is not recognized as a nude beach, but that general is the rule set for the north end where all the parking lots service the beach visitors, Further south the beach gets users from the Sunset neighborhoods and is largely open wide. The Polar Plunge is a favorite activity of these locals and thy don't mind us at all, that is, as long as we don't become a nuisance to them. Please don't give them a reason to call the park authorities, and as it is a part of the Golden Gate National Reacreational Reserve, it is a federal issue.

Links

Join us! Our World Naked Bike Ride - San Francisco Facebook Fan Page is the place to get latest ride info and where to find WNBR Event pages to RSVP.. After Facebook prudes took down our WNBR Fan Page a few years ago, we decided NO photos will be allowed since Facebook has a problem with plain nudity and social protest. If you are here just to look at nude photos, you can look elsewhere. Old WNBR website (Obsolete, unreliable & outdated. Last update was in 2010 ) ‎

Discussion groups SF WNBR Yahoo! Group (No longer a reliable information source for lack of interest from the page admin, few, if any WNBR riders still post there)

Location Links Google Map of San Francisco Wikipedia: San Francisco Wikipedia: California Please also visit Climate Crisis.org 350.org

Subpages

Publicity, Media Coverage and Ride Reports This page contains links to press releases, media coverage and ride reports covering previous SF WNBR events. (Some of the coverage contains images of public nudity.) Promotional Materials This page contains links to flyers and other promotional materials for past and future SF WNBR events. (Most flyers contain images of public nudity.) Help us get the word out. Print these flyers and distribute at other protest events, sport/bike shops and college campuses. Or, create your own flyers by combining your own ideas with the materials provided.

Route Info This page contains links to route descriptions, maps and turn sheets for current and past rides. Photos This page contains links to photo collections covering previous rides. (Obviously, these photos contain images of public nudity.) FAQ This page contains questions and answers to many of the more common concerns regarding the SF WNBR. Thanks to Leo for this. Ride Safety This page discusses safety issues when riding around San Francisco. Thanks to Leo for this.