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Naked bike ride - protect our children

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cleaningthebog · 26/01/2026 13:24

The one where the men get their jollies showing their cock and balls. There is a petition which is not getting much traction. You may want to sign if you don't want to encourage this.
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-naked-bike-ride-from-being-in-public-spaces

Sign the Petition

Stop the Naked Bike Ride from being in public spaces

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-naked-bike-ride-from-being-in-public-spaces

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loislovesstewie · 30/01/2026 09:57

Would you be happy with multiple naked people wandering around the streets? At what point would you think it was unacceptable? ( That's a question for people generally not aimed at anyone)

Natsku · 30/01/2026 04:26

SunnySideDeepDown · 29/01/2026 20:02

Nope. Law enforcement don’t need to prove intent to annoy to arrest and charge a streaker.

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In the UK its not a crime without criminal intent. They might arrest and charge as facts aren't always known at the scene but if no intent is found then no case.

Carla786 · 30/01/2026 02:52

GrethaGreen · 26/01/2026 18:49

This looks like fun and I am sad about Tower Hamlett. Off with the Burka indeed.

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I hate the burka but I don't think being comfy with seeing naked people or being naked in public is some gold standard of liberation
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Carla786 · 30/01/2026 02:38

Incidentally, I was reading this claim from a blog which quoted Sheila Jefferys.

“Naturism is a male campaign - naked bike rides, they just want to show their naked penises to everyone. In Naturist families, sexual abuse is rampant.” (She’s got a point here, I once went on a naturist island by mistake. I was the only single woman there, and felt truly creeped out. All the women were married, coerced into it I felt.)

  • I think these claims sound a bit sweeping- is there evidence for them?
Carla786 · 30/01/2026 02:32

McSilkson · 26/01/2026 16:51

There's really no need for that sort of comment. Women are on the receiving end of endless commentary about how supposedly "ugly" our genitalia are, and that has many damaging effects on our sex.

I don't understand people who have such an aversion to normal and healthy genitalia - especially when the sex possessing that genitalia are supposedly the target of that person's sexual desires. Talk about neurosis!

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I find it odd too, from straight & bi women. It's not OK for men to mock fannies, and while men don't have the same misogyny issues, there's no need to be horrible. Plenty of men have body image issues themselves, after all.

SunnySideDeepDown · 29/01/2026 20:02

Natsku · 29/01/2026 03:23

Streaking is done with intent to alarm/annoy/disturb people so that makes it a crime.

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Nope. Law enforcement don’t need to prove intent to annoy to arrest and charge a streaker.

Natsku · 29/01/2026 10:56

SerendipityJane · 29/01/2026 10:44

Annoying and disturbing people is not a crime.

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I suppose only really intent to alarm would make it a crime, I'd consider disturb to be similar in meaning to alarm or distress but yeah annoy is not.

SerendipityJane · 29/01/2026 10:44

Natsku · 29/01/2026 03:23

Streaking is done with intent to alarm/annoy/disturb people so that makes it a crime.

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Annoying and disturbing people is not a crime.

Natsku · 29/01/2026 03:23

SunnySideDeepDown · 28/01/2026 18:07

Disagree.

Im assuming you think streaking is a non-crime?

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Streaking is done with intent to alarm/annoy/disturb people so that makes it a crime.

StrangerThingsHappenRoundTheTwist · 28/01/2026 22:26

SunnySideDeepDown · 28/01/2026 18:07

Disagree.

Im assuming you think streaking is a non-crime?

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Streaking isn't the same though

That's like saying someone having a bonfire thinks arson is OK

StrangerThingsHappenRoundTheTwist · 28/01/2026 22:25

SunnySideDeepDown · 28/01/2026 17:03

No, I was responding to the posters who think they’d be fine with naked men walking around everywhere. I guess that’s fine when you’re with crowds but I regularly walk around and see solo people (park, residential streets etc) and I wouldn’t feel safe alone on a street with a naked man.

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You think he's any more or less of a risk wearing clothes?

This is like reverse victim blaming

SerendipityJane · 28/01/2026 19:21

SunnySideDeepDown · 28/01/2026 18:07

Disagree.

Im assuming you think streaking is a non-crime?

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ValidPistachio · 28/01/2026 18:52

tartyflette · 28/01/2026 18:49

The latter. As it is for att least some of the naked bike riders.
As witnessed by several posters.

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A couple of posters have mentioned seeing multiple erections amongst participants. Most posters have not. I would suggest the erection-spotters are mistaken or lying.

tartyflette · 28/01/2026 18:49

ValidPistachio · 28/01/2026 18:12

Is streaking someone going about their lawful business, do you suppose? Or is there some other intent?

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The latter. As it is for att least some of the naked bike riders.
As witnessed by several posters.

tartyflette · 28/01/2026 18:47

NewPapaGuinea · 27/01/2026 14:02

Calm down, Mary Whitehouse

Oh please, surely you can do better than that?

As my old forn teacher used to say ‘it’s not funny and it’s not clever.’

SherbetDipDap · 28/01/2026 18:17

Bodies are just bodies. Seeing someone riding a bike nude might make a child laugh or ask questions but it isn’t going to cause them irreparable psychological damage.

ValidPistachio · 28/01/2026 18:12

SunnySideDeepDown · 28/01/2026 18:07

Disagree.

Im assuming you think streaking is a non-crime?

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Is streaking someone going about their lawful business, do you suppose? Or is there some other intent?

SunnySideDeepDown · 28/01/2026 18:07

Natsku · 28/01/2026 17:57

Still out in public though so not the same as being in an enclosed space where they could easily block the door if they wanted. And if they're with you in a deserted part of a park they'd be just as much of a potential risk with clothes on as they would be naked.

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Disagree.

Im assuming you think streaking is a non-crime?

Natsku · 28/01/2026 17:57

SunnySideDeepDown · 28/01/2026 17:03

No, I was responding to the posters who think they’d be fine with naked men walking around everywhere. I guess that’s fine when you’re with crowds but I regularly walk around and see solo people (park, residential streets etc) and I wouldn’t feel safe alone on a street with a naked man.

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Still out in public though so not the same as being in an enclosed space where they could easily block the door if they wanted. And if they're with you in a deserted part of a park they'd be just as much of a potential risk with clothes on as they would be naked.

SunnySideDeepDown · 28/01/2026 17:03

Natsku · 28/01/2026 06:53

There's a big difference between being alone in an enclosed space with a man and being out in public with plenty of people around and seeing a naked person go past. One clearly has the potential for danger whereas the other is clearly not dangerous, even if it might be upsetting to see.

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No, I was responding to the posters who think they’d be fine with naked men walking around everywhere. I guess that’s fine when you’re with crowds but I regularly walk around and see solo people (park, residential streets etc) and I wouldn’t feel safe alone on a street with a naked man.

Swissmeringue · 28/01/2026 14:45

Tbh my primary concern would be protecting the bike riders from my kids falling about in hysterics. We already had an incident where we accidentally paddle boarded through a popular nudist bathing spot on the river Cam last year and DD (7) and her friend laughed so hard they fell in and I had to fish them out of the river.....

user675895 · 28/01/2026 14:33

LancashireButterPie · 26/01/2026 15:57

I'm more offended by flag shaggers to be honest.

A naked flag shaggers event does sound worrying.

Maybe the OP could link to a petition just in case?

SerendipityJane · 28/01/2026 14:23

tartyflette · 28/01/2026 10:14

Some posters who have seen the event in person say they have noticed riders with erections (plural but not , er, quantified).
So some men obviously do find it quite stimulating.

ChatGPT summarised this thread as being an example of people discussing "male erections" ....

Unlike some cyclists I didn't have the balls to ask if there were any standout posts.

tartyflette · 28/01/2026 12:39

Argh! Unfortunate typo. (But I'm definitely leaving it there)

tartyflette · 28/01/2026 12:37

FergalHunter · 28/01/2026 11:19

This is why I'm banned from Halfords

I don't think I will see Halfrods in quite the same way again.