In over 40 cities around the globe people rode their bikes naked to raise awareness of bike safety issues and environmental ones, too. The Toronto ride was organized by TNT!Men, the same group that lobbied and won for Hanlan’s Point Beach on Toronto Island to be ‘clothing optional’; it’s one of just two in Canada (the other is in Vancouver).
It took me forever to find them (they changed their route from the one posted on their site) during which time I came across a couple protests:
Top left was huge, that photo doesn’t even come close to doing it justice. I’m pretty sure it was a type of Union protest but can’t find mention of it in the news anywhere… isn’t that odd? All I can find are articles like this one, with talk of a possible strike June 22 by all the workers who keep the city running (garbage guys, water workers, etc) so maybe they don’t want to give them any press? I don’t know, I find union stuff confusing. If you know anything please leave a comment.
Up there on the right are the Tamil protesters, still on University Avenue. And bottom is when I finally caught up to the bikers on Queen Street.
I rode with them for half a block then according to their map they were to end in Kensington (makes sense) and pedaled over but never saw them again. So instead I ate lunch in a park while I watched a fire truck across the street, and saw this car full of dirt, The Community Vehicular Reclamation Project.
june 13 2009
