# There's a naked bicycler down in Portland?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 25, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-naked-bicycler-down-in-portland/465114 "2008-09-25T03:18:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-naked-bicycler-down-in-portland/465114/1 "2008-09-25T03:18:58Z")

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[You guys get all the fun.](http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_092008_news_nude_skater.968ebc65.html)

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> PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland police dispatchers have been flooded with phone calls about a woman rollerblading and riding her bike nude along Portland’s waterfront. But she’s not actually breaking the law.
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> In Oregon, occasional nude bike rides draw police only for crowd control and shows featuring live sex acts are protected as free speech.
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> In an exclusive interview with KGW, Gennifer Moss, aka Earth Friend Gen, said she’s trying to draw attention so she can spread the message of peace.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-naked-bicycler-down-in-portland/465114/2 "2008-09-25T03:27:55Z")

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One of my friends made a film, on which I was First Unit Photography. In one scene there’s a naked bicyclist who shouts ‘Ewige Blumenkraft!’ and throws a paper aitplane (with a URL printed on it) at a sleazy detective.

The viewer really has to know CT to appreciate the film. (Fortunately my friend had given me a copy of _Everything Is Under Control_.) I know that the bicyclist’s cry is from _Illuminatus!_, but I never did know why he was naked.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-naked-bicycler-down-in-portland/465114/3 "2008-09-25T15:31:03Z")

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Naked bike riding doesn’t sound like that much fun for either gender.