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Torontoist has a write-up about what may just be the city's most extreme group ride:
On Saturday, Toronto was among 70 cities around the world that took a spin au naturel as a celebration of cycling, a protest against car culture, a comment on pollution, or just to express some exhibitionist tendencies. And in case you're wondering about the legality of being nude in public, the police were there as escorts, and as long as the participants were wearing something (shoes, for example), they weren't technically nude. As with Pride celebrations, what constitutes lewd behaviour and indecency is sometimes vague, but in the case of the WNBR, the cops tend to be more tolerant as long as there isn't any "flaunting."
Image courtesy of Torontoist.
(Cross-posted to I Bike T.O.)
Much better articles were in the Toronto Star "A wheely cheeky protest" and, believe it or not, the Toronto Sun "They leave gas power behind" and "Naked ambition: Cyclists take it all off to promote environment". These both focus on the central message of promoting good clean transportation, rather than the Torontoist's preoccupation with a Victorian concept of "indecency" which is completely irrelevant - especially considering that the air has turned toxic from the truly obscene excess of car culture.
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