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at a Toronto park the bike ride WNBR group poses for a grand photo
Toronto WNBR 2022-23-24
WNBR (World Naked Bike Ride) is an event that happens in many cities across the globe with the intention to protest the extensive use of hydrocarbons, mainly by automobiles. The message is that more people should use bicycles to get around, and more bike paths should be made available in urban areas. Riding your bike nude is partly to attract attention to the protest and partly to express the human freedom that comes with being closer to your natural state.

Photographers: Nomad  - 
at the start of the ride cyclists apply body paint - this nude man applies yellow paint
    Toronto WNBR 2022-23-24 (photo set 1 of 6)
        104 photos


  2022-1: I arrived early and there were already a few people I knew, including Gene, the most active promoter of this Toronto body-freedom event.

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in downtown Toronto the naked cyclists pass by strolling shoppers
    Toronto WNBR 2022-23-24 (photo set 2 of 6)
        100 photos


  2022-2: Off they went into the city downtown while I got a car ride to get ahead of the group. I managed to catch up here and there.

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Looking down Toronto Bay street as nude cyclists pass by
    Toronto WNBR 2022-23-24 (photo set 3 of 6)
        117 photos


  2022-3: The naked cyclists stopped at Allans Gardens for a break then headed toward City Hall and the fountains. After that I lost them!

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at a Toronto park, a group of eight, covered in bodypaint pose for the cameras, waving arms up
    Toronto WNBR 2022-23-24 (photo set 4 of 6)
        191 photos


  2023: I got down to the starting point for World Naked Bike Ride 2023 but could not cover the actual ride through the city.

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a bike-ring crowd is gathered in the park getting ready to ride out through the city
    Toronto WNBR 2022-23-24 (photo set 5 of 6)
        109 photos


  2024-1: People gathered at a park near the lake until the big group cycled away into the city. Naked News girls were there doing interviews and being photo-bombed.

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a row of bare asses pose in front of the Ontario parliament building
    Toronto WNBR 2022-23-24 (photo set 6 of 6)
        113 photos


  2024-2: We caught up with the bike mob at the Ontario parliament, then over to city hall to startle the tourists, and then over to Toronto's famous CN Tower!

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Nomad's Notes

This June 2022 was the first time I actually attended WNBR, though several friends did participate every year. But I did not ride in the event since it is lose to impossible to photograph and ride at the same time. I was nude in the staging area and hung out with about 20 friends who were getting ready to ride. There are always a bunch of "creepy" clothed and masked photographers buzzing around shooting and I did not want to be identified with them - you'll never see their pictures but you will see mine as it is valuable to have a photographic record of this great event. Once the ride started I jumped in my car and drove ahead to a spot where I could get out and shoot the bikes passing. I repeated this a few times, then lost track of the group after City Hall.


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