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York Naked Bike Ride
9:50am Saturday 13th June 2009
AN 87-year-old woman was among the participants in this year’s York Naked Bike Ride.
Margaret Dustman, who lived in Acomb for more than 50 years before moving to Mirfield, said she took part because she was against people’s devotion to petrol and fashion.
Mrs Dustman cycled off in the altogether, but others were there in various states of undress, wearing Indian headdress, bikinis and various slogans daubed on their bodies.
Similar events are planned in Brighton, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Sheffield and Southampton.
The cyclists set off from the Museum Gardens and took a circular route through Bootham and on to Clifton Green before cycling along the River Ouse, back in to the city centre and on to the Millennium Cycle Bridge, finishing back at the Museum Gardens.
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tonezzzznoddedoff, york says...
12:13pm Sat 13 Jun 09
baileyuk, york says...
1:31pm Sat 13 Jun 09
how can police enforce the law one minute, ie if i walked naked around york tonight I would get locked up and yet the police have supported todays ride? apparently no double standards in todays law
KING OF THE ROLLER DISCO, Acomb says...
3:28pm Sat 13 Jun 09
the butler, cowichan Bay says...
5:04pm Sat 13 Jun 09
inyourface, near rowntrees says...
5:41pm Sat 13 Jun 09
tonezzzznoddedoff wrote:interesting comment, why don't you try it?
Not a pretty sight still trying to work out how its actually legal, if I went to the pub like that tonight I bet I'd get arrested.
TooRad, York says...
7:14pm Sat 13 Jun 09
Still its better to be safe, would want the kids to get "manipulised" would we :D
It's cos it's bikes isn't it? Anything to do with bikes is the antichrist isn't it? I bet if they rode round town dishing out twenty quid notes you'd all still moan. I pity the uptight.
Alucard, Harrow says...
9:27pm Sat 13 Jun 09
A guy shouted to the cyclists: "may be lads now but soon be chaps in this weather".
Went back to my seminar, was more interesting- just.
dudbertman, says...
11:44pm Sat 13 Jun 09
humpty numpty, york says...
12:16am Sun 14 Jun 09
petethefeet, York says...
8:37pm Sun 14 Jun 09
dudbertman wrote:The law was changed in about 2003. Nowadays there has to be a proven intention to 'offend'. The idea been to allow japes like this but not to give license to flashers.
Indecent exposure is a law I thought. Why is this allowed without penalty?
pickle, York says...
9:37pm Sun 14 Jun 09
TooRad wrote:Its nothing to do with bikes, its to do with old wrinkly unattractive bodies being shoved in your face!!! Who wants to see saggy boobs and the rest while you're doing out with the kids??
Wow there's some miserable old g1ts around! Barrel of laughs in your houses I bet. Still its better to be safe, would want the kids to get "manipulised" would we :D It's cos it's bikes isn't it? Anything to do with bikes is the antichrist isn't it? I bet if they rode round town dishing out twenty quid notes you'd all still moan. I pity the uptight.
Mother of Hercules, usually in the garden says...
10:04pm Sun 14 Jun 09
pickle, York says...
10:30pm Sun 14 Jun 09
Mother of Hercules wrote:Each to their own!!
I'd rather see a small group of half naked cyclists round town on a Friday nigt than Stag nigts, Hen nights, and most of the drunken twits over the Bridge of Evil that's for sure!
akuma, York says...
2:21am Mon 15 Jun 09
I've opened my forum again as it seems the press have closed your say forever.
Old users will have to register I'm affraid. Its a different site, I closed the old one.
The site address is
www.akuma.freeforums
.org
Henry Swanson, York says...
1:52pm Mon 15 Jun 09
Am Dram Fan, Acomb, York says...
5:06pm Mon 15 Jun 09
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pickle, York says...
11:03am Sat 13 Jun 09