At least they wore helmets: Hundreds of nude cyclists ride around the streets of Bristol for World Naked Bike Ride – but critics demand an end to the controversial event
- Annual event designed to raise awareness of safer cycling and body positivity
- Critics took to social media, asking to ‘make it stop’ or calling event ‘disgusting’
Hundreds of nude cyclists took to the streets of Bristol today to bare all in aid of World Naked Bike Ride – but were met with a backlash from critics demanding an end to the controversial event.
The event is billed as a celebration of bicycles and bodies, highlighting the vulnerability of cyclists on crowded roads and in a demonstration against car culture and oil dependency.
The cyclists set off from the Full Moon and Attic Bar at 12.30pm, from where they headed down the A38 towards Cabot Circus.
They ended their tour at the harbour opposite the SS Great Britain, before returning back to the pub they started at.
Not everyone is happy about the nude cyclists riding through Bristol today – many have criticised the event on social media, asking to ‘make it stop’ or calling it ‘disgusting’.
The event is billed as a celebration of bicycles and bodies, highlighting the vulnerability of cyclists on our crowded roads in a demonstration against car culture and oil-dependency
The cyclists set off from the Full Moon and Attic Bar at 12.30pm, from where they headed down the A38 towards Cabot Circus
They ended their tour at the harbour opposite the SS Great Britain, before returning back to the pub they started at
The World Naked Bike Ride has been held every year since 2004, with the exception of 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and is dubbed by organisers as the ‘world’s biggest naked protest’
Another commented on police helping to keep the naked bike ride safe, saying ‘Bristol is broken’.
One user tweeted: ‘I don’t agree with this bike ride. #bristol #perverts.’
The same user posted a video of the naked bike ride and said: ‘Bristol is mental, they’ve all got their wangers out.’
Many agreed, saying the cyclists were ‘perverts’ or ‘groomers’.
Another user said participants were ‘total attention desperados’, while yet another user said one should ‘lock them all up’.
What is the World Naked Bike Ride?
The World Naked Bike Ride has been held every year since 2004, with the exception of 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and is dubbed by organisers as the ‘world’s biggest naked protest’.
The annual event initially aimed to campaign for environmental sustainability and improved safety conditions for cyclists in busy cities.
But it has since transformed to promote a variety of causes including body positivity, inclusivity and personal freedom.
Nude cyclists take to the streets of more than 200 cities around the world to celebrate the event, including London, Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Vienna, Sao Paolo, Vancouver, Copenhagen, Paris, Thessaloniki, Tel Aviv and Tokyo.
The annual event initially aimed to campaign for environmental sustainability and improved safety conditions for cyclists in busy cities
But it has since transformed to promote a variety of causes including body positivity, inclusivity and personal freedom
