North American Rides for 2022

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Your friendly WNBR editor has decided to elevate this from a blog post to a page, mainly because it is updated frequently, which posts should not be. When there are changes to this page, we will post about it on the blog. We’re starting this with only one North American date set, expecting to add more as the information rolls in.

As of 8 June, with the Northern Hemisphere WNBR season just underway, we have more than 20 rides scheduled in North America. But it must be said:

“Hey NYC, DC, Ottawa, Twin Cities, Eugene OR, and the entire states of Colorado and Florida…no WNBR? WTF, comrades?”

June

• 5: Bellingham WA
• 11: Austin TX, Columbus OH, Guadalajara JAL, CDMX (México City), Montpelier VT, New Orleans LA, San Francisco CA, Toronto ON
• 18: Madison WI
• 25: Chicago IL, Los Angeles CA, Milwaukee WI, Vancouver BC

July

• 9: Seattle WA
• 16: Montréal QC
• 23: Edmonton AB
• 30: Portland OR, Saint Louis MO

August

• 6: Halifax NS
• 13: Boston MA
• 27: Philadelphia PA

September

• 10: Houston TX

All dates are subject to change, as we’ve come to expect by now.

About That COVID Thing…

COVID-19 has done some damage to the WNBR movement, it must be said. The reasons for WNBR have not gone away though: Climate change is accelerating; fatal collisions involving pedestrians and cyclists in the US have risen dramatically. If we do come back from the chill imposed by COVID, we need to come back louder and prouder and nakeder than ever.

Thus far, the trends show that social rides will be far less risky than the previous two years, even unmasked. But then, that’s what we thought last year. True, there have been no reports of mass outbreaks of COVID from WNBRs around the world in 2021, but afterward came the highly infectious Omicron variant. We can only make educated guesses about whether, when, and how the next variant will emerge.

Bringing It Back to the H

Recommendation: In the spirit of WNBR’s ecological advocacy, please do not travel great distances and burn large amounts of fossil fuels just to ride naked. Instead, organize a ride in your own city or metropolitan area. We won’t turn you away or green-shame you if you drive in from wherever to ride with us, because this is Texas, where everywhere is far from everywhere else. But please be conscientious.

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All ride dates are Saturdays unless otherwise noted. Dates for rides in Canada appear in red, México in green.