Hundreds of cyclists dressed down for a breezy ride through some of Philadelphia’s main streets Saturday during the 14th Philly Naked Bike Ride.
The eye-catching annual affair began in 2009 and revealed itself as an event to promote body positivity, cycling and fossil fuel reduction.
The event seems to encourage riders to go au naturel — and organizers stress there are no constraints, with participants able to go as “bare as they dare” for the roughly 13-mile journey.
The often pants-less pilgrimage changes from year to year, but typically takes bikers baring it all on a brisk ride past iconic city landmarks.
This year’s route passed the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the steps of which were featured in the “Rocky” movies, as well as City Hall, Rittenhouse Square, and the South Street entertainment area before finishing at Independence Hall.
“One of the goals of the Philly Naked Bike Ride is to desexualize nudity and to encourage everyone to embrace nudity as a normal, enjoyable way of life,” the event’s code of conduct reads.
I suppose there are sillier ways to waste a day, but off hand, I can't think of one. I wonder if they rode by my old parent institution, the Academy of Natural Sciences (now the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University).
The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Salma Hayek up on time at The Other McCain.
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