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Any colour you want as long as it's Green
D&G go black and white and Nifty Shades of Green in their WNBR Canterbury Tale of 2014
But you can have blue and pink too, as in the sex symbols above (L), Male, (pointing up and in, as he should be) and (R), Female, too polite to point anywhere! Thing is they've got everything to do wi' sex and now't to do wi' gender, which is grammatical and grammatically correct too. If you don't think so, which would you rather have; fun sticky outs and/or tucky ins, or a shed full of cases, where the only thing you can play with is a vowel, or two, sensitive end bits are nominative, accusitive & ilk and there's a risk of being f...ing neutered to boot?
If WNBR sends messages about cyclists, one of 'em appears to be a significant blue with arrows on majority. There's a sex imbalance, more obvious, maybe, in smaller rides, but suspiciously non-typical nevertheless. Not that there're too many chaps. No. Not enough of
the other sort, so c'mon
girls! Diane and Gene
joined Canterbury's
second ride, where, of
about 60 pedallers, less
than 10% were totally
dared bare of the feminine
kind, with a few others
partially dared. On a fine
day, which overcast itself
a little during the ride, the
well marshalled body of
bodies rode sedately
around and through the
city, taking about 90 mins,
including pause for pics
or pic-nic ... take your pick.
Then click the pics for
WHEEL POWER
Some People ....
... but only a few, post potty web comments post every WNBR, one of which is that some people should keep their clothes on. Mmmm, but which ones and who's gonna decide, 'cos the implication is that it's OK for some people not to keep their clothes on?
There's nothing offensive about the human body, unless it's used offensively, which applies to everyone, WNBRiders included. So accusatory body/bike slogans like "Can you see me now?" and "Stop killing cyclists!" speak naffly. There should be no sanctimony about WNBR, its messages should be positive and inclusive. "Stop killing anyone" is an improvement; "Love life!" even better.
WNBRiders are naked and cyclists; two images, one intended to attract attention. So, nude in public says positively, "Look at me! You have every right to be here," and "Photograph me, if you want. If you ask permission I'll say 'Yes' ".
But a hypocritical cycling demo will catch the eye too. Riding one-handed while using a camera, or mobile phone *, cycling on the pavement, (especially if you're a steward) **, or biking on the wrong (right) side of the road, isn't/aren't likely to impress the spectating public if you're having a go at them about cyclist vulnerability. You might even inspire a WNPR, (World Naked Pedestrian Ramble), "Stop maiming pedestrians" slogans and a walkers' safety helmet campaign! It is no joke!
On all their WNBRides D&G have been impressed by the overwhelmingly positive reaction from press-ganged city-centre audiences. Acres of skin, hectares of it of the "some people" variety, suddenly, unexpectedly honks and hoots onto their stage, and they accept it in, (mostly), good humour. Lots of 'em are motorists. They're all human beings, with the same/similar weaknesses as WNBRiders.
* D&G witnessed muchly. Kent Police announced an intention to remove anyone guilty of this offence at Canterbury, 31-5-14.
But there should be no sanctimony about a WNBR personal account either and D&G made the video on WNBR (2013) in London and
York mostly from the saddle with a hand-held camcorder. D&G hold up their hands here, but they're not out to highlight cyclist
vulnerability, or make any statement about cyclism at all. Not that that's an excuse for riding naughtilily!
** D&G witnessed at least twice.
This links to a video. D&G appear briefly in close-up at 4 min 27 sec and again, in far-off at the end, but look at what happens between approx. 7 min 12 sec and 7 min 21 sec. Stunning Stuff !
Great nations with a stirring history of struggle, longer than a piece of non-peace string, on an island, or two, off Europe's northern coast, at even longer length made it and made up to become the most successful political union of all time and an even greater nation, which gave so much to the world, including its shape today, height, breadth, as well as length. And yet there are those who want to dismantle it! Many adjectives are applicable. Barmy is one. But quite apart from that, if the barmy get their way, it'll make foreigners of half of G's family. Unlikely that G's unique in that respect, but D&G oppose the Scots who want to bugger it, so they thought they'd say so on a couple of WNBR's. London and York 2014 were chosen, 'cos they'd done 'em before, (2013), and because they were gonna do 'em again ! (2014).
Exploiting SNP in red, white and blue seemed like a good idea, 'cos (red) "Say" and (white) "No" fit well the WNBR "ethic" and also the SNP "ethic" of an age-old "No" to England, rather than a come-of-age "Yes" to Scotland. That left the (blue) P for whatever would fit and "Pollution" (WNBR), which is a no-say "Yes" to word and "Partition" (SNP), which is a no-say "Compatible" to notion in today's world, were almost as perfect as "Perfect", which begins with the right letter, but is deffo a no-say "No" to word! Try saying that lot in Gaelic, Donald!
14-6-14 saw the 11th London WNBR and,
after 2013's 5 starts, a 6th was added at Tower Hill. D&G set off from Marble Arch, but not, as in 2013, through it, neither the finish arch, as in through it, (Arch),as in, Wellington. 'T'was Colour, as in Trooping -Of, on the same day, which was supposed to alter the route a bit, as in ... excluding unsaid Mall, etc. but didn't, as it turned out, and the only difference D&G noted was a slight shortening, as they cut up Chancery Lane and stuffed St Paul's outa sight. 2013's pace heard Big Ben strike 4.00 as D&G passed, whereas they were off like a streak of spit from a bugle in 2014 and BB barely managed 3.30 as D&G arrived, as in came, as in thence!
The cloudy morning and afternoon gradually improved and the ride was mostly, (as in 2013), in sunshine, and therefore warm, which is just as well when pointy bits are sticking out into and at the mercy of the atmosphere. D&G believed that 2013 saw a few more than 1000 riders. The impression was that 2014 topped that figure by, maybe, a couple of hundred, more p'raps, but that was just an impression.
It goes without saying that going without saying is almost always tosh, 'cos it goes with saying, even when it could go without, as in this case, where saying that the above pics in the above gallery are clickable upable is true, not tosh and probably obvious.
Union Jack & Union Jill
(L & R respectively),
were carried on the
bikes in London 2014.
Took G yonks to make,
& are clickable upable.
At York Union Jack and Union Jill were body painted, each as two separate words, on thighs, (as in outer), so as to be readable correctly on two separate thighs of two separate riders of a tandem, while actually riding said tandem. None of D&G 's York pics, (below), show this particularly well, but D&G's York pics, (below), are clickable upable even so and nevertheless. The flickable upables, (R), were carried on the tandem at York.
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On 14th February 1994, while searching second-hand shops for a garage door for mam of Gene, Diane and same, (Gene, not mam of) came across a tandem bicycle. The shop, as in second-hand variety, didn't have a door, as in garage for the use of, and neither did any others in Fife visisted that day, but it was in Inverkeithing. After deliberations of serious magnitude, D&G returned that very V day and purchased said tandem for £170. It could not be transported immediately to Croft Farm, so stayed in Fife, in Burntisland, in mam of G's garage, complete with dodgy door, a replacement not having been found. On 5th June 1994 the bike finally reached Croft Farm, where it was stripped down, painted green, reassembled and named Valentine, for reasons that go without saying. Only one reason actually.
A lovely day overcast itself a bit for a while, as the ride began, but D&G were soon in the sun-
shine again as they WNBRode tandem for the first time, going British for the second time. G
has a sporran full of Scottish stuff, as in Gene's mam's mam's genes, but worrabout D? Well,
her north of Hadrian's Wall birth apart, she actually likes haggis, and half owns Valentine,
who(ich) appeared to her, (and G), in Scotland, but is from France, (Mercier / Auld Alliance),
the latter a massive compliment / respect to / for England. C'mon Scotland, we've grown up!
No! Not daubin' 'em in the prickly field! Emblazonin' the national emblem of part of UK in whole UK colours, as if hewn from the Union Flag. Not easy! Waddy fink of D&G's efforts as clickable below?
The route, at 7 miles (ish), (6 in 2013), was different in character too. D&G's attempted reconstruction has italics for guessses!
Across Millennium Br. to Racecourse, then Knaves-mire Rd. Mount Vale, Dalton Terr, Holgate Rd. Poppleton Rd. acrosss R. Ouse at Water End, by R. Ouse to first Photocall, Marygate, Bootham Bar, High Petergate, between Minster and St Michael le Belfrey, Deangate, Good-ramgate, Aldwark, St And-rewgate, Colliergate, Whipmawhapmagate, Pavement, Coppergate, Clifford St, Clifford's Tower, Tower St, (across R. Foss), George St, Fishergate Bar, The Univerity, Walmgate Stray, Army Vehicle Depot near Fulford Rd, Hospital Fields Rd, R. Ouse by Millennium Br.
shows most of the route, which was longer, (almost 2 hr total), in time than 2013 and involved riding people/traffic-free in places, in others obstruction, (bollards, "stiles", "cattle" grids), unfree on cycleways, holding up progress. Awkward for D&G on Valentine.
If cycling among spectators is the aim, 2013 achieved it more fully. 2014 was a good one, though, with visits to different city centre areas.
shows in full the start on Millennium Bridge. D&G are on the first of two tandems, just behind the traffic cones, (who were at London 2014 too). With care and patience the riders can be counted and if 2013 at 106 was York's then biggest, 2014 beat it.
D&G made it 121, excluding the lady being pushed ahead of a bike. With even more C&P the sex imbalance can be determined. D&G count 106 men and 15 women, (14%), of whom 7, (6.5% approx.), were totally dared bare! Surely there are more cyclistesses out there!
Not The Hokey Cokey, for sure, but shake it all about maybe, as long as nude doesn't turn crude, rude, or lewd. And shaking it all about on yer bike? It's not parading a cyclism halo before motorists from Hell. It's the spirit of freedom ... of the human form ... of wheelpower as an extension of the human body ... of the human mind to comprehend. WNBR is entertainment. See it that way and let minds understand.
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