Sacramentans like to think of themselves on the cutting edge of bicycle culture. And Davis, of course, is a certified bike crazy town.
But neither of our cities is up to speed with Montpelier, Vermont.
On Saturday, bike activists staged the Naked Bike Ride right smack through Main Street to the State House. Yup, 42 men and women let it all hang out. Why? According to the Rutland Herald, it was to to preach "the ills of oil dependency and the beauty of the bicycle."
Nudity is legal in Vermont, according to the Herald, but disrobing in public is not.
While you scratch your head over that one, here's a quote from one of the participants, co-organizer Jill Cichoski: "It's more nonconfrontational when you're naked. When you're naked, people can't get angry at you when you're telling them what to do."
Oh, by the way, the riders did wear helmets.
They are sticklers about helmets, those nude cyclists. Safety first.
Read the full story here. (Alas, no photos.)
