As you professional nudists already know, Portland’s annual World Naked Bike Ride is this coming Saturday starting at SE Salmon and Water at 9 pm. Have you already groomed your nethers and Febreezed your bike seat? Or are you planning to scoff from the sidelines and then rush home to furiously masturbate?
LET’S FIND OUT!

NUDE BICYCLE RIDING: OVERRATED, UNDERRATED, OR RATED?

As always, a “rated” vote means that nude bicycle riding is just as awesome or as awful as one might expect. Here’s a good example! Now this is a tricky question for me, and I’m not too sure how I feel about it. However, can 5,000 participants (on average) be wrong? SHARE YOUR OPINION ON THIS EARTH SHATTERING SUBJECT IN THE COMMENTS BELOW!

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)

13 replies on “Nude Bicycle Riding: Overrated, Underrated or Rated?”

  1. I thought it was overrated, then friends convinced me to do it a couple years ago and I found it to be quite underrated.

    It is quite amusing to see people literally falling over each other trying to get out of a bar to see what all the fuss is about.

  2. humanclock, I still don’t think you quite understand what ‘literally’ means.

  3. @Unicode Travesty: I used it correctly..because the individuals I was referring to were actually falling ontop of each other out onto the sidewalk with one spilling his beer.

    Had I said that they were “literally flying” out the door then you would be correct, because the bar patrons in question were not birds, they were people.

    @Reymont: Did you coin the unicode usage of UT’s username? Awesome…

  4. The Kickoff Party was not “cancelled”… you cannot cancel something that was not planned. It just didn’t happen this year because the event has outgrown any indoor venue we can possibly come up with on a bike-funnists’ budget. Also the planning had become so enormous that too many people missed out on too many Pedalpalooza events because they were planning the party.

    Fer yer edumakashun:
    http://www.shift2bikes.org/wnbr/min.php

  5. @Humanclock – Nope, that seems to just be the standard term on here. I like it – still not sure what they’re doing to get a garbled mess like that, though.

    @Organic Brain – It’s a recurring event, right? If there’s always been a dance party, and they’re not having it this time, I feel comfortable using the word “canceled,” you nitpicker. The dance party was AWESOME, with all capital letters and gold fireworks. The bike ride: oh no I won’t go. If that means you have to raise the admission price or split the party between venues or have it in an outside space, I’m totally down. Until it’s back, you’ll have a sole, sad, pouty, quiet boycotter on your hands, buddyboy.

  6. Tony Columbo is underrated.

    Nothing says “progress” like nearly causing a pile-up because your makeshift cooler rack falls off in the middle of the ride. But I guess it’s pretentious of me to expect anyone is this town to participate in any single event without the consumption of alcohol.

    A joyous ride, nonetheless. After all, it’s hard to be a hipster when you’re naked.

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