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York Naked Bike Ride

9:50am Saturday 13th June 2009 in


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.

•Don’t miss The Press on Monday for the launch of our competition to win a bike.

Comments(17)

pickle says...
11:03am Sat 13 Jun 09

Yuk...seems like an excuse for some pervs to strip off and why is it always the wrinklies who do this? Very strange!

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tonezzzznoddedoff says...
12:13pm Sat 13 Jun 09

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.

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baileyuk says...
1:31pm Sat 13 Jun 09

I think things like this are setting a very dangerous path,, so should be banned,, the guy who says with his kids its only a bit of fun, what message does this sent to our kids when there are the evil people about who manipulise these sort of things? daddy says its ok its only fun??

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

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KING OF THE ROLLER DISCO says...
3:28pm Sat 13 Jun 09

Nice picture of Ronnie Biggs on the pushbike.

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the butler says...
5:04pm Sat 13 Jun 09

The naked human body has been covered up for years, I suspect because of it's frightening array of shapes and blemishes.Since it is all one possesses, flaunt it or cover it up,to be hidden from pervatious viewers! The laws regarding human body exposure, are as stupid as the laws that govern what one can do also what one can't do with the human body...pardon the rant.

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inyourface says...
5:41pm Sat 13 Jun 09

tonezzzznoddedoff wrote:
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.
interesting comment, why don't you try it?

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TooRad says...
7:14pm Sat 13 Jun 09

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.

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Alucard says...
9:27pm Sat 13 Jun 09

Came out of a building BLoomsbury, London this afternoon to see what all the noise was about.
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.

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dudbertman says...
11:44pm Sat 13 Jun 09

Indecent exposure is a law I thought. Why is this allowed without penalty?

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humpty numpty says...
12:16am Sun 14 Jun 09

is margaret dustman another alias for peddling paul? he looks much younger in the picture than in real life, but then again ive never seen him naked.

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petethefeet says...
8:37pm Sun 14 Jun 09

dudbertman wrote:
Indecent exposure is a law I thought. Why is this allowed without penalty?
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.

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pickle says...
9:37pm Sun 14 Jun 09

TooRad wrote:
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.
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??

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Mother of Hercules says...
10:04pm Sun 14 Jun 09

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!

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pickle says...
10:30pm Sun 14 Jun 09

Mother of Hercules wrote:
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!
Each to their own!!

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akuma says...
2:21am Mon 15 Jun 09

Hi people

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
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Henry Swanson says...
1:52pm Mon 15 Jun 09

The naked part promotes publicity, if it was "just a bike ride" could you see the press banging on about it for days and days like they do??? Its a gimmik, deal with it!

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Am Dram Fan says...
5:06pm Mon 15 Jun 09

Yes,quite right - perhaps some of these people who are 'offended' should try getting a life!!

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