opinion by peter

over the weekend there were some news reports of bunches of nude cyclists taking to the streets. mainly in spain and london, but apparently it is a worldwide “event” to highlight pretty much whatever cause you want. the website talks about “indecent exposure to cars”, but if you look at some of the pics, they are protesting anything from puppy farms to nuclear power. it’s funny that we really haven’t got past the “sex sells” mentality, even for environmental and moral crusades.

it hasn’t really taken off here, and it’s not just the weather. if you look at the website for the melbourne and sydney ones, there are only a handful of people participating. in london they have a couple of thousand. maybe we should have it incorporated as past of the cyclo-sportif race calendar. they usually get a few hundred riders. or maybe it would be a way to get more people to watch track racing if there was a nude match sprint (gotta watch those splinters).

not everyone should get naked though…