2015 World Naked Bike Ride will start in Portland

The World Naked Bike Ride will come to Portland on Saturday, June 27, 2015 it will start at Colonel Summers Park off S.E. Belmont Ave. and S.E. 20th. The group said that the naked bike ride is a protest against our dependency on oil and for cyclist rights. On their website, the naked bike ride is an  “annual, worldwide bike ride that highlights the vulnerability of cyclists everywhere and decries society’s dependence on pollution-based transport.” The event attracts thousands of participants which is actually growing every year since it started in 2004.

In 2014, the naked ride kicked off at Normandale Park in residential northeast Portland, some of the neihbors complained about it. In 2013 the event took over the southwest Park blocks around the Portland Art Museum.

Event organizers did not say where the ride stops, but they usually make their way through downtown Portland.

In Los Angeles (WNBR LA), the event will starts at 2:30 p.m June 27 around Downtown LA/Echo Park. But for privacy (nude bike, privacy???) they do not post the location/route all over the web. You need to sign up on the RSVP mailing list to get the starting point here http://worldnakedbikeride-la.org/rsvp/
Photos: Bikers Cruise Through Downtown For 2014's World Naked Bike Ride (NSFW)
Photos: Bikers Let It All Hang Out For World Naked Bike Ride Day (NSFW) (2013)
Photos: World Naked Bike Ride Rolls Through Town (NSFW) (2012)

Braking Tips

Check out some braking tips to improve your ride. Braking is a significant skills that you'll need in order to stop faster, gain seconds when you are running through corners, going down descents and riding in groups.

This video will help you improve your braking skills.

Breaking in corners - breaking puts additional demand on your tires that can potentially overload them that can cause you to lose grip, chances are you can touch the breaks and not lose traction that could've gone through the time faster. The reality is that most of us do breaks in corners but the golden rule is make sure that you let them off when you clear the apex of the corners and then start to accelerate. In emergencies, when you apply the breaks full on mid turn make sure you straigthen up as you turn and then run wide if you can.

Breaking in races - as well as moderating your speed certain braking situations call for slightly different technique and one of this in bunch situations as a bunch turns on a sharp corner is a concertina effect. It means the riders at the back would need to break harder before they reach the corner and ride around slower and then accelerate back at speed afterwards. It's incredibly draining, and can take even a really strong rider apart and something like a criterion race. You can get around this though by doing your break early and leave a small gap between you and the rider in front of you. This little gap will mean that you have to slow down as much on the corner as you can use it to close the gap rolling back onto the wheel on front and exerting more speed. 

Air Braking - When you do need to break sit up at the same time your body will act as an air break and improve your stability at the same time.

Critical Mask Ride: A Pleasant Halloween Costumed Mass Ride

After the successful "CRITICAL ASS, Gainesville's First Annual "Nearly Naked" Bike Ride", Pleasant Cyclery is hosting another bike ride named "Critical Mask Ride: A Pleasant Halloween Costumed Mass Ride." It is a costumed Halloween mass ride that will be held on Friday, October 31 at 6:30pm. It will start at Pleasant Cyclery shop that is located at 235 nw 8th avenue Gainesville, Florida. The route is 10 miles that will be done at slow pace. 
The purpose of the ride is to raise awareness of cyclists on the roadways, fair share of cyclist road lane while obeying the law, interacting positively with motorists, and making a spectacle all at the same time.

Riders are encouraged to wear costumes, but please wear masks and costumes that will not impair your vision or infringe on the safety of other riders.

If you will bring your car you can park at the Hospice Attic thrift store across the street.

For more information check their Facebook page here