Oklahoma Towns Appear On Best ‘Naked Cycling’ Cities List

In what might be the weirdest news of 2024, conservative Oklahoma has six cities on this year's list of "Best Cities for Naked Biking."

Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot my dude... Is this a real thing? I mean, as a fan of motorcycling, I totally understand the satisfying feeling of wind rushing through your hair... but this whole thing may be too much hair to be twirling in the wind.

Before I dive deep into researching this, opening the seedy underbelly of naked Oklahoma and inviting the inevitable visit from HR investigating my internet history, is nude cycling really as common in this state as the list implies? That's the question.

This Should Be Interesting

Naked bicycling is a relatively new trend in the grand scheme of the modern world. While it started as a way to, well, expose the masses to the awareness of bicyclists that share the road, it has evolved into a worldwide political movement.

The year was 2003. A cycling enthusiast and social activist from South Africa named Conrad Schmidt organized a nude protest against the war in Iraq while he was living in Vancouver. It was fifty people made up of mostly artists that formed a peace sign with their naked bodies. If you don't remember reading about it, you're not out of the loop.

While his creation did make regional headlines across Canada, it didn't have the punch of awareness the group was hoping for. For all intents and purposes, it lacked, well, balls.

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Schmidt started working on a new idea and in 2004 he experienced a little activism success with his international "World Naked Bike Ride." One day where everyone that was willing to redefine the meaning of "banana seat" was able to, and they did. Even here in Oklahoma.

While I can't access the official World Naked Bike Ride website from work, saving the need to open my last can of eye-bleach, there is a deep history of the movement found through searching on various Oklahoma bicycling forums, where it found a slightly different political movement to pander.

As one forum member posted:

World Naked Bike Ride-Oklahoma is part of the worldwide
movement, www.worldnakedbikeride.org, to exercise your First Amendment rights as an Oklahoman, as an American, against the cult of oil, the state suppression of free speech, and the stupidity of criminalizing public nudity in Oklahoma.

Yep, that's a whole lot of things to pile on, as evident in the response from other members.

I think that's one cause too many for a bike ride, if not
two.

As the years have gone by, these naked bikers have narrowed in on what movement they're sporting short-and-curlies for these days?

They're back to protesting oil.

As if to say it's finally come full circle, 2024's World Naked Bike Ride was a political statement against oil. The worldwide dependency on oil and the environmental and cycling safety aspects of the motor vehicle culture.

That's a long walk to reach the original conclusion.

Oklahoma towns ranked among the best-naked cycling cities:

• OKC
• Tulsa
• Lawton
• Norman
• Edmond
• Broken Arrow

Even the thought is so visceral we need a little eye bleach. Take a 50/50 chance on this link... It's either an adorable puppies or a naked person on a mobility scooter. May the odds ever be in your favor. Cheers