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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.
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Next ride
Date: June TBD 2009
Time: TBD
Location: TBD, Montpelier
News
- 13 June 2008: Using all the photographic evidence, we have recounted & come up with the number of 2008 Montpelier riders as: 38.
- 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: 38 (37 + 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! 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 :-(
