Londoners Magazine Bells and balls
By Lydia Mossahebi • Jun 16th, 2008 • Category: NewsIf you were wandering around central London on Saturday, you may have imagined you saw an awful lot of naked cyclists for one afternoon. Don’t panic, you weren’t hallucinating – hundreds of naked cyclists took part in World Naked Bike Ride.
The event was organised to protest against oil dependency and car culture, and it’s the fifth time Londoners have had the chance to catch the naked bodies in action. World Naked Bike Ride takes place worldwide, and also is “a celebration of the power and individuality of the human body. A symbol of the vulnerability of the cyclist in traffic.”
Many cyclists covered their modesty with at least one piece of underwear or some jazzy body paint, however there were plenty who took full advantage of the opportunity and risked the saddle starkers. Organisers estimate 1,200 people took part.
The (probably a bit chilly) cyclists completed a six-mile route passed tourist hotspots Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden and the South Bank.
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I was gonna try to say something witty involving the word scrotum, but I realised I have no idea what the plural for scrotum is. Scrotums? Scrotae? Scrotes? I’m sure these were the issues getting hammered out as the riders chatted away on Saturday. Boy, I wish I’d been there! If I could describe what I think it would have been like, the word would be “scrotumnal”. That, I think you’ll find, is le mot juste.