Every year Portland has a bike-a-thon called "Pedalpalooza." It's a 16 day bicycle riding event where people are encouraged to bring their bicycle's down to the main roads and enjoy a nice trek through the city. Each day has a different organization, theme, or cause. It sounds like a fun event to participate in, except for the one day that caters only to crazy people. 


Their moto is "Keep Portland Weird," and let me tell you, this group of people take weird to a different level. What is more is that there is a greater worldwide group they are connected to that insist on shocking people not with their words but their lack of clothing in the civilized world. That's right, they bike through the city completely, 100 percent, buck-naked. What are they thinking?! It doesn't appear that there's a unified cause, either. Some people say it's a type of protest, but it's rather difficult to discover what it is they're protesting. Clothes? Fashion? Decency? Sanity? Others think it's about liberating themselves. Some think it's just a funny adventure that one day they'll be able to say they did. Whatever the cause, this just seems like the most ridiculous thing to me. Especially on a cold day. 

I think people are bored in life and need to find strange and un-impacting things to partner with because it seems radical and safe. I mean, seriously. What does one expect to change that will make this world a better place by riding a bicycle through a major city nude. This has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard of.