Bicyclists clad in nothing but their birthday suits will pedal through the streets of Portland this weekend.
Back in June, organizers of the Portland World Naked Bike Ride announced that they’d be taking the year off due to planning and recruitment issues. Now, a new crew has stepped up to give the Rose City the buff bike ride it thought was off the table.
The event, organized by “World Naked Bike Ride Portland,” will take place Saturday, Sept. 21, starting at Colonel Summer Park. Bicyclists will meet at 3:30 p.m., embarking on a “public parade” at 4:15 p.m. along Naito Parkway between the Hawthorne and Steel bridges.
“This ride isn’t about the leaders, it’s about making a protest and drawing attention to cyclists’ vulnerability, oil dependency, and the need to put people and the environment over profits,” organizers wrote on the World Naked Bike Ride Portland website.