It may be coming to a city near you but hopefully not. Listening to the radio in the car this morning, I heard
that this weekend is the World Naked Bike Ride to protest high oil prices worldwide. Now to be honest I wasn’t seeing the connection between nude cycling and high oil prices. I would think cyclists as a group wouldn’t mind high oil prices as it might help their cause of getting more people using environmentally friendly transportation. So I googled it. Couple things I noticed… the website for the ride gives you potpourri of environmental causes; some related to each other, some not. Google also uncovered a bunch of media surrounding the event. A sampling of the media shows that the media is as confused about the reason for the event as some of the organizers.
Just because you can attract attention doesn’t mean it will help you reach your goals. I can attract hundreds even thousands of people with a dancing ape on the roof of my house but if the goal is to sell the house it is not likely to get me a sale.
After a number of web sites I finally found the main purpose of the Naked Bike Ride. It is to protest the use of cars in cities.
Goes to show you that getting your pants caught in the chain was nothing compared the possible consequences of this ride.
