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Date: Saturday 10 June 2006
Time: Meet at 4pm - Ride at 5PM!
Location: 274 North Winooski Ave - At Jamba's Junktiques, behind the old Greener Pastures building.
The 2006 ride went most excellent. It was a rainy and unseasobly cold day in Burlington - 49 degrees - still we had about 50 riders - doubling the number from the first ride, in 2005. We are hoping June will be more June-like next year! With the amount of buzz and promotion I think we could have filled the streets! We were the lead story on the loacl news both Friday night and Saturday, ensuring the message was spread beyond the umbrellaed spectators!
See websites below for more information.
Links
Note: There is a history of conflict/controversy about recent rides. At one time two different groups were organizing for Burlington. But, with the success of the 2006 ride it is safe to say everyone is working together.
Website/s
- WNBR Vermont (official site)
Discussion And Planning Group
- WNBR Burlington Yahoo! group
Location information
History
The concept of a World Naked Bike Ride through the college town of Burlington, Vermont was introduced in the autumn of 2004 by John, the owner of the Naked in Vermont website. A Yahoo! group was created for the purpose of allowing people interested in such a ride to gather and plan the very first ride through Burlington.
With the help of many local people, the first ride took place on 11 June 2005. The ride commenced on North Winooski Avenue and proceeded to downtown and wound through the streets of Burlington down Bank Street and over to College Street, Main Street and around several other high traffic streets. A Burlington police officer on a bike temporarily escorted the naked bike riders through several streets until crowds of people started yelling for the officer to get naked or get out of the ride. Crowds cheered and applauded the naked riders as they made their way through town.
The first Naked Bike Ride was shown in 7 Days newspaper and included a nice photo of the riders while they had stopped on College Street for free refreshments provided by a local business.
There are plans to host a Naked Bike Ride in June 2006 and hopefully every year to come!
