1000’s of cyclists took half in a communal bike journey fully bare in London yesterday afternoon for an annual occasion elevating consciousness for safer biking.
The 18th World Bare Bike Journey has been going yearly, bar 2020, since 2004, and is an annual occasion to marketing campaign for bike security and automobile tradition in huge cities like London.
There are a complete of 200 cities participating within the journey, together with Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Vienna, Sao Paolo, Vancouver, Copenhagen, Paris, Thessaloniki, Tel Aviv and Tokyo.
They describe their marketing campaign with various themes and aims, together with protest in opposition to the worldwide dependency on oil, to curb ‘automobile tradition’, receive higher rights for cyclists and show their vulnerability on metropolis streets.
Sporting physique paint and trainers – and little else – scores of activists bravely took to their saddles to participate within the London leg of the journey. Many lined their bare our bodies in glitter, painted slogans and fancy gown for the annual occasion.
Final 12 months, the World Bare Bike Journey in London had an estimated 1,421 riders regardless of the Covid-19 danger discount measures. The earliest cyclists within the annual occasion started their journey at Victoria Park and Croydon assembly factors at 11am on Saturday. Others began in Clapham Junction, Deptford, Kew Bridge, Regent’s Park, Tower Hill and Wellington Arch yesterday afternoon.
Nevertheless it was not simply London that noticed the nude cyclists as hundreds the world over took half within the annual occasion. In Mexico Metropolis, individuals wore Day of the Lifeless masks for the celebrations.
1000’s of cyclists have taken half within the World Bare Bike Journey fully bare in London this morning for an annual occasion elevating consciousness for safer biking
The 18th World Bare Bike Journey has been going yearly, bar 2020, since 2004, and is an annual occasion to marketing campaign for bike security and automobile tradition in huge cities like London. The group is pictured going throughout Westminster Bridge
There are a complete of 200 cities participating within the journey, together with Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Vienna, Sao Paolo, Vancouver, Copenhagen, Paris, Thessaloniki, Tel Aviv and Tokyo (Pictured in London on Saturday)
Members of the World Bare Bike Journey are pictured gathering within the Discussion board Magnum Sq. in Waterloo yesterday, with many donning slogans or messages for drivers, like proper, who has ‘Are you able to see me now?’ written on his again
They describe their marketing campaign with various themes and aims, together with protest in opposition to the worldwide dependency on oil, to curb ‘automobile tradition’, receive higher rights for cyclists and show their vulnerability on metropolis streets
With some sporting physique paint and trainers and little else – or simply trainers and a hat, like these pictured – scores of activists bravely took to their saddles to participate within the London leg of the journey
Many lined their bare our bodies in glitter, painted slogans and fancy gown for the annual occasion. Final 12 months, the World Bare Bike Journey in London had an estimated 1,421 riders regardless of the Covid-19 danger discount measures
The earliest cyclists within the annual occasion started their journey at Victoria Park and Croydon assembly factors at 11am on Saturday. A girl is pictured posing for an image, practically nude, over Waterloo Bridge earlier than her bike journey yesterday
Others began in Clapham Junction, Deptford, Kew Bridge, Regent’s Park, Tower Hill and Wellington Arch on Saturday afternoon. Riders pictured crossing Waterloo Bridge, with some on Boris Bikes
London’s bike journey yesterday crossed over the capital’s world-famous Westminster Bridge (pictured), with a lot of riders taking footage of the second themselves
Some even wore regalia-like put on, like this pair pictured centre, who handed over Waterloo Bridge yesterday with navy blue sashes, a tiara and medals on present. Others held Union Jacks whereas biking
A number of cyclists borrowed London’s communal Santander bikes which can be found for individuals to make use of throughout London for a payment, just like the three individuals pictured, as they rode throughout Westminster Bridge
Though not sporting very a lot, these two ladies made certain they had been brilliant by sporting lay flowers and a brilliant pink wig as they went throughout Westminster Bridge
Nevertheless it was not simply London that noticed the nude cyclists as hundreds the world over took half within the annual occasion. A whole lot of cyclists took to the primary streets of Mexico Metropolis, Mexico, pictured
In Mexico Metropolis, individuals wore Day of the Lifeless masks for the celebrations (pictured centre). Some individuals took half utilizing their curler blades as a substitute of bikes, pictured left
The bike journey will not be solely an expression of freedom but in addition serves as a protest for safer and extra inclusive biking. Riders are pictured at Mexico’s fifteenth World Bare Bike Journey in Mexico Metropolis
Loads of bystanders lined the streets to observe the group cycle previous – many with their smartphones and cameras on the prepared. Pictured is a person participating in Mexico Metropolis’s Bike Journey, utilizing a communal metropolis bike
Many individuals loved participating within the nude communal bike journey in Mexico Metropolis, as pictured, and shared their snaps of the annual occasion on social media
