Posted on 06/10/2006 2:20:36 PM PDT by sully777
MADRID (Reuters) - Hundreds of nude cyclists pedaled around Spanish cities on Saturday to protest against car-clogged streets and demand greater respect for pollution-free transport.
With slogans like "one car less" and "bio methanol" painted on their backs, the naked cyclists staged Spain's third annual Ciclonudista or "Nudecycle" in Madrid, Barcelona and Pamplona.
The protest was part of world-wide naked bike riding events on Saturday across Europe, North America and South America.
"We feel naked when up against traffic because people don't see the bicycle as just another means of transport," said Madrid cyclist Ramon Linaza, wearing only a cycle helmet and shoes.
Towing cardboard cars with gaping jaws, protesters said the rapid rise of automobile ownership in Spain was turning city streets into ever more hostile and dangerous cycling territory.
Organizers said the bicycle was a healthy and efficient form of urban transport that is largely ignored by Spanish drivers and city planners.
Central Madrid has few bike paths and cyclists are a rarity on its streets. Barcelona has the most bike paths of any Spanish city, according to cycling activists.
Per capita car ownership has rocketed in Spain after a decade of strong economic growth.
Any pictures?
ROFLOL!!
Who's got the crazy naked people ping list?
Anyway, the visuals here are just gross. Gives new meaning to the term 'skid mark'.
I've got a bad feeling that the last thing I want to see are actual pics of the contestants...
well, they sure know how to change the world, don't they.
Dmented perverts and left wing politics.
A natural match evidently.
Earth-people seem particularly prone to this.
Do as they please, but one who acts like an animal ought to be so treated in every way.
one can only imagine what a simple high school screening on those bicycle seats would reveal on a microscope. or should i say scraping.
Dang...now I'm gonna have to look at a Helen Thomas pic to get my heart rate down to normal (or below...).
There doing it tonite in Chicago....
and yes...PICS from last year.
http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/chicago/
I'd think they would pick a season other than summer. Yikes,I bet some people are going to have some burns where they don't want them. LOL!!!
Unfortunately there are SO many people that I don't want to see naked. In fact why do so many of the people that actually get naked don't really have much to show for it.
I can almost imagine what one of these nude cyclists looks like sprawled in the street after a bike wreck. Probably looks worst than Zarquawi.
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