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PLEASE CONTACT THE MONTPELIER WNBR AT [email protected] IF YOU WERE A 2008 RIDER OR SPECTATOR AND YOU HAVE PHOTOS OR VIDEO TO SHARE.
See MontpelierNakedBikeRide.org for more information.
Contents
Next ride
Date: June TBD 2009
Time: TBD
Location: TBD, Montpelier
News
- 9 June 2008: The Montpelier WNBR gets a warm, positive feedback email from the City on a ride well done. THANK YOU, MONTPELIER!
- 7 June 2008: We did it! 36 riders! Actually, make that 35 riders + 1 inline skater...and 2 naked dogs. And hundreds upon hundreds of cheering spectators! Nice job, everybody.
Media coverage
2008
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus
- 8 June 2008: Editorial Cartoons
- 8 June 2008: All sorts of buff stuff
- 5 June 2008: Naked question
- 27 May 2008: Naked Bike Ride to roll through Montpelier in June
Other Montpelier WNBR stories can be found at: WCAX, VPR, etc.
History
2008
Date: Saturday 7 June 2008
Time: Gathered at 1pm, Rode at 2pm
Location: Started at Freeride bike co-op and traversed 3-mile loop around downtown
Number of Riders: 36 (35 + 1 inline skater)
Duration: About 30 minutes
Weather: Sunny and hot
Reception: Largely positive: hundreds & hundreds of cheering spectators and "amateur photographers" filled the sidewalks of Montpelier. Thanks for your support! (If you have photos to share, please email the ride: [email protected].) Thanks too to the City of Montpelier and to our Montpelier Police Bike Patrol escort for such a successful ride, and we'll see you in 2009!
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 :-(
