Nackt-Radtour, Karlsruher FKK Rad-Classics and Karlsruher Nacktradeltour are references used to describe annual naked cycling

Clothing-optional bike rides

A clothing-optional bike ride is a cycling event in which nudity is permitted or expected. There are many clothing-optional cycling events around the world. Some rides are political, recreational, artistic or a unique combination...

 tours

Bicycle touring

Bicycle touring is cycling over long distances – prioritizing pleasure and endurance over utility or speed. Touring can range from single day 'supported' rides — e.g., rides to benefit charities — where provisions are available to riders at stops along the route, to multi-day...

 in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, many of which happen around Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...

. Organizers describe the event as recreational rather than political. Full and partial (especially topfree) nudity

Nudity

Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...

 is encouraged, but not mandatory, on all rides. The rides are believed to be some of the first naked bike rides

Clothing-optional bike rides

A clothing-optional bike ride is a cycling event in which nudity is permitted or expected. There are many clothing-optional cycling events around the world. Some rides are political, recreational, artistic or a unique combination...

 organized in the world.

Organization

The rides are organized by a number of groups and individuals, such as "No Limit Nudism", the action group "Wald FKK", "Free Range Nudism" or FKK-Freun.de. The events are organized via various internet portals.

History

The events have been held annually since 2000, and generally take place in June or July. There has been some resistance to joining World Naked Bike Ride

World Naked Bike Ride

World Naked Bike Ride is an international clothing-optional bike ride in which participants plan, meet and ride together en masse on human-powered transport , to "deliver a vision of a cleaner, safer, body-positive world."The dress code motto is "Bare as you dare"...

 due to the cool weather at the WNBR's date of June 10-12th. Some Germans are also leary of events that appear to be overly dogmatic.

2005

• FKK Bike-Classics at Karlsruhe, Germany 2005-07-23
• WNBR Naked Cycle Tour, Frankfurt/Main, Germany 2005-07-02
• Naked Cycle Tour around Munich, Germany June 18, 2005

Filmography

Radtour-Classics 2001: Nackt-Radtour in und um Karlsruhe am 14. 6. 2001 A film by Karl-Heinz Kreutler, 45 Min, PAL video. Trailer

See also

• Bohemianism
  Bohemianism
  Bohemianism is the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people, with few permanent ties, involving musical, artistic or literary pursuits...
  
   and Counterculture
  Counterculture
  Counterculture is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition. Counterculture can also be described as a group whose behavior...
  
  
• Clothing-optional bike rides
  Clothing-optional bike rides
  A clothing-optional bike ride is a cycling event in which nudity is permitted or expected. There are many clothing-optional cycling events around the world. Some rides are political, recreational, artistic or a unique combination...
  
  
• Naturism
  Naturism
  Naturism or nudism is a cultural and political movement practising, advocating and defending social nudity in private and in public. It may also refer to a lifestyle based on personal, family and/or social nudism....
  
   and Nudism
• Nude beach
  Nude beach
  A nude beach is a beach where users are legally at liberty to be nude. Sometimes the terms clothing-optional beach or free beach are used. Nude bathing is one of the most common forms of nudity in public. As beaches are usually on public lands, any member of the public is entitled to use the...
  
   and Nudity in sport
  Nudity in sport
  Nudity in sport is uncommon but has not been totally absent from ancient or current sporting activities.-History:...
  
  
• List of public outdoor clothes free places
• Public nudity
  Public nudity
  Public nudity or nude in public refers to nudity not in an entirely private context. It refers to a person appearing nude in a public place or to be seen from a public place. It also includes nudity in a semi-public place, where the general public is free to enter, such as a shopping mall...
  
  
• Utility cycling
  Utility cycling
  Utility cycling encompasses any cycling not done primarily for fitness, recreation such as cycle touring, or sport such as cycle racing, but simply as a means of transport...
  
  

External links

• No Limit Nudism Information and images of past events.
• Bürgerinitiative "Wald FKK" or "Free Range Nudism" Information and images of past events.
• FKK-Freun.de Discussion of past and future events.
• NakedBikeRide and other nude aktivities in Munich
• http://www.waldfkk.de/Videoclips/radtour.htm A film about the bike ride, also available with English subtitles http://www.waldfkk.de/Videoclips/radtour_eng.htm