There were four of us. All boys, no girls. :( A cop parked across
the street to keep an eye on our ride, and a police van made an
appearance but probably thought it wasn't worth the effort of being
there, and left.
We stripped to undies and went ahead, and quickly lost the cop car
down an alley. There was no full nudity for fear of arrest in our
small numbers. I wish there had been a better turn out, because we
were all prepared to get nekkid had we been in group of about fifteen
strong - as the police presence was minimal-to-none - but alas we were
only four, and easily (and probably unnecessarily) frightened.
We circled town a number of times, making lots of noise. Everyone
cheered wherever we went, lots of smiles, cheers, whoops, and
ironically shouts to get naked. XD There was also lots of picture-
taking, "you rock"s and "you're awesome"s. I think we represented,
and got across the message of the WNBR. It was a really good
experience and I met some cool guys, and only a shame because it could
have been an incredible experience that shook up the town with a horde
of naked protestors. Next year I hope. This is still the only WNBR
in a giant area of the south east US, after all.
If we organize earlier next year, and have better luck with the
weather (a downpour between 12:00 and 1:30 may have turned away
riders, but by 2pm when we left it was just a pleasant soft drizzle -
unlucky timing because the riding condition became perfect on cue),
then next year can hopefully be the one. Everyone else around the
world is having record rides. Viva Asheville!
Thanks for all your help, and to everyone else that got involved
(including of course the three other riders).