Topless protesters don gear due to weather (protest over removal of bike lane)

[The Straight Story]

Topless protesters don gear due to weather


NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A scheduled topless protest bike ride went forward in New York -- but due to the cold, snowy weather, it was tops-on instead, the ride's organizer said.

Approximately 15 bicyclists rode Saturday through the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn to protest the city's removal of a bike lane, the New York Daily News reported.

"I would love to run another topless ride, if they don't put the bike lane back. But not in the wintertime," Heather Loop, a 27-year-old bike messenger, said.

Loop said the bikers originally planned to protest topless during their "The Freedom Ride" because the main complaint for removing the bike lane on Bedford Avenue was scantily clad ladies.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/12/20/Topless-protesters-don-gear-due-to-weather/UPI-46121261343742/

[DJ13]

1. the main complaint for removing the bike lane ..was scantily clad ladies.

Why would anyone want to get rid of that?!

[vadawg]

2. i encourage scantily clad ladies only bike lanes..

:shrug:

[BrklynLiberal]

3. LOVE IT!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[mike_c]

4. to be clear, the objection was not "scantily clad ladies..."

...it was "immodestly clad ladies." The women cyclists in question were usually fully clothed by most peoples' standards, but the ultra-orthodox and super-conservative Jews in the neighborhood complained about women wearing cycling clothes instead of burqas.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. So the protest was a bust, eh?

Mother Nature had other ideas.

[The Straight Story]

6. I will try to keep abreast of the situation and let you know if they plan another one

:)

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Good. I hope the next time isn't a flop.

[The Straight Story]

9. I just think they need better organizers, the last ones were a pair of boobs

:)

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Right you are. I hope the riders hang around until it's rescheduled.

[HughMoran]

8. Where is da pics?

I has cheeseburger.

[Orsino]

11. All protesters are nude, under their clothes. n/t