Why Didn't You Attend Naked Ride?

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 21, 2010 at 10:16pm

Gabe said:There are many reasons for the ride.

Yup.

And the existence of the ride does not mean people can't and don't make use of other avenues of change, e.g. voting, writing your rep, supporting your stodgy old advocacy org.

The proverbial "multi-pronged approach."

Permalink Reply by Vilda on June 21, 2010 at 10:35pm

Michael P. I missed your silly post about me wanting a spectacle as if that's somehow bad. Like I said other avenues are great but you should do all not 1. And certainly not the laziest one cause you are too cool. Copy me the next time you actually right a letter to someone. Cause I'm gonna call shenanigans. If you aren't willing to ride I'm guessing you aren't doin' much advocating.

Julie, Howard, You know I love you.

Permalink Reply by Aaron Bussey on June 21, 2010 at 10:58pm

I dont like looking at old dongs and boobs - some things are better left clothed

Permalink Reply by Aaron Bussey on June 21, 2010 at 11:01pm

U2 sucks - fuck Bono he's a piece of poop

H3N3 said:

Great stuff, Julie.
And Gabe, I love U2.

Permalink Reply by Michael Perz on June 21, 2010 at 11:11pm

Like I said, I don't have a dog in that fight. You rather pointedly and condescendingly inquired why people didn't attend the Naked Bike Ride and I answered. In a perfect world everyone would subscribe to your belief system, they'd share your enemies in common and they'd all go on bike rides in the buff alongside you, but then there would be no sacred cows left to slaughter, would there?

I'll tell you what, Gabe. If you someday finally come to the conclusion that you really can catch more flies with honey than vinegar perhaps I'll tag along for one of these excursions. I might even share with you some of the values I hold dear to my heart which you may find surprising. In the mean time, see if you can pick out which of these things is not like the others...

-storming the Bastille

-sitting at the front of the bus

-burning a draft card

-riding a bike naked and caked in paint



Gabe said:

Michael P. I missed your silly post about me wanting a spectacle as if that's somehow bad. Like I said other avenues are great but you should do all not 1. And certainly not the laziest one cause you are too cool. Copy me the next time you actually right a letter to someone. Cause I'm gonna call shenanigans. If you aren't willing to ride I'm guessing you aren't doin' much advocating.
Julie, Howard, You know I love you.

Permalink Reply by Aaron Bussey on June 21, 2010 at 11:13pm

you forgot crossing the Delaware naked

Permalink Reply by Carl on June 21, 2010 at 11:40pm

Because there's 6X more unemployed Portlanders than Chicagoans?

Permalink Reply by Vilda on June 22, 2010 at 12:20am

Michael, it's tough to not respond to stupidity with anything other than stupidity. ;-) If it were up to you none of the things you listed woulda been done cause you woulda been writing a letter to someone. And I gotta tell ya that Riding a bike naked is pretty difficult considering all the people making up excuses to not ride.

And you continue to miss the point. You do not have to ride naked. There is a set up crew (clothed), there is a security crew (clothed- I'm on that) there is a stay behind crew (clothed). Then when you are on the ride you DO NOT have to be naked. Wear a thong. or body paint or shorts.

The more I get to think about it the more it's just asinine Midwestern "values" and laziness.

And I'm not trying to woo people out Michael, other people can be nice, I'm the heavy. I don't like Bullshit and not taking part in a ride that is so positive, such a great way to draw attention to cycling, or oil use, or bike safety, or less cars, et al, that not participating is ridiculous.

Carl, I'm actually gonna look that up tomorrow. Aaron you should have rode. whatever else you say i dismiss as normal Aaron silliness.

Permalink Reply by Dick Schmidtling on June 22, 2010 at 9:05am

I entertained the notion of going, but I used rain as an excuse not to. That is face value though....

The real reason I didn't go is because I consider myself a fat ass...well, it's not in my ass but you get the point. I am not particularly ashamed of my body, in-fact modesty is by and far not my strong suit. I would not have gone nude; I think the god given sweater I've worn since puberty would be frightening enough to make children cry regardless of waist down exposure. The fact is only a very few people enjoy the look of my bear like qualities...I have accepted this, I am ok with it... displaying it for public consumption is an entirely different issue.

BUT

You called me a fat ass for not coming out Gabe. I have worked hard to diminish the magnitude of my beer guzzeling, hoagie chomping gut, and I do so by riding my bike nearly everywhere I go. While I meet most the points of your protest by doing it every day you just did a fantastic job of shutting me out by specifically targeting my largess.

Mission accomplished, jackass. "Naked on the bike" is a far stretch for anyone not reading that specific line. You want numbers for your ride? Christ! I've been against the premise of unlimited growth for a very long time, I imagine some of the people on here might agree that quantity does not equal quality....but you want some point of silly pride over a city that has tons of bike enthusiasts willing to "portage" their bikes from suburbia via personal automobiles as opposed to the real turnout you got from locals actually riding their bikes to the meet-up spot. Would you please examine your priorities? Maybe something about how great the ride was, or a link to the pics so I might droll over the eye candy I missed out on due to my own malaise...insult is the very last thing to do to someone who teeters on verge of participating in WNBR.

Permalink Reply by Aaron Bussey on June 22, 2010 at 9:12am

I forgot to shave my butt so I had to skip it.

oh and I hate looking at uncut 'anteater' penises....leave your cheese whiz covered up yo!

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on June 22, 2010 at 9:26am

You might be over-thinking this, Aaron.

Aaron Bussey said:

I forgot to shave my butt so I had to skip it.

oh and I hate looking at uncut 'anteater' penises....leave your cheese whiz covered up yo!

Permalink Reply by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on June 22, 2010 at 9:32am

Gabe, not sure if it's a sign of weakness that we didn't get close to those numbers. Like Andrew suggested it's treated and marketed like a festival in Portland. Like just about any event promotion is KEY. If you can't get word out then you're not going to get very big. Chicago WNBR seems to be largely promoted by word of mouth and 1500 is an amazing considering. If we were on the front cover of the Red Eye the Monday before the ride I am sure our numbers would easily double if not triple. If we were put on the city promotional calendars we could probably get another thousand. If popular radio stations like XRT helped promote us even more people would join. So if you really want to give Portland a run for the money start working with Andrew now to build hype about this ride to sow the seed for next year.

But even with all the promotion it still comes down to the freakin' crappy weather.

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