The Bike Riders Are Back!

Sunday the 14th of June saw in this year's London World Naked Bike Ride. An event

that first began back in June 2004. And it's purpose is to protest against car culture and

the dependency on oil as well as road bicycle safety. 

The event usually takes place on the first Saturday in June but this year the organizers

scheduled it in a week later on a Sunday.

Although being quite busy myself that Sunday, I just made it to Wellington Arch by Hyde

Park Corner just as all the riders gathered at the finishing point, while at the same

time there was a huge gathering of Ukrainians celebrating their annual Vyshyvanka

March (top image), but they swiftly moved on once the bike riders turned up.

As for this year's event I couldn't help noticing less women taking part. Either that or

most of them took off home once the bike ride ended rather than endure the endless requests

from hungry photographers on the Wellington Arch Green.

I think it is just the guys that seem to like posing at the end. In fact an extraordinary guy

from Taiwan (below)  with amazing long hair asked me to take several pictures of himself 

and to e-mail them to him, which I did, although probably not safe to post them up here. He

also mentioned to me that he will be at The Brighton Bike Ride coming up in early September.

The World Naked Bike Ride.