Power to the people
Naked bike riders descend upon London
First we had mobile clubbing or silent But there's no flash mob which is quite
discos, where hundreds of music lovers so likely to amuse and bemuse innocent
gathered in public places to dance to bypassers as the naked bike ride.
their iPods. Then back in April we had The fifth event of its kind, the London
our first ‘rickrolling’ event, in which Naked Bike Ride is part of the World
four hundred Londoners congregated Naked Bike Ride (worldnakedbikeride.
in Liverpool Street station to sing Rick org/uk), a worldwide peaceful protest
Astley’s 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. against oil dependency and car culture.
More than a thousand Londoners stripped
off and saddled up for the event in June
which was billed as 'a celebration of the
bicycle, a celebration of the power and
individuality of the human body and a
symbol of the vulnerability of the cyclist
in traffic.' Other popular London flash
mobbing activities include pillow fights
and zombie walking.
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