Hello my pantsless friends,It is once again our favorite time of year to grab our steeds and hit the streets in everything but our pants!!
So grab your bikes, grab your pasties, grab your thongs, undies, shorts, lights, tunes, and g-strings, rain or shine….
It’s Freedom From Pants 2024.
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If you’ve been here before, you know the drill, if you’re new here **greetings**-- please read below!!
Ever wanted to bike the streets in your underwear with hundreds of people? Well now is your time.
**Starting location: Nicollet Island, under the Hennepin Ave Bridge
See a group of questionably dressed humans on bikes? Follow that crew.
**Start time: 6:00 pm, rollout 7:00 pm
**Ending location: Sabo Bridge
DJ’s are lined up to help us dance the night away
*******DOS and DON’TS*******
DO prep your bike (pump your tires, do your maintenance)
DO charge/bring your bike lights- front and back
DO be prepared for rain or shine babyyy cause we’re riding either way
DO bring your best
DO pick up your trash! We’re a big crew, who will likely create plenty of trash that day. Bring a bag you can carry your full and empty cans in. This includes cigarettes. Be a good human. Pick up/throw out/carry/recycle your shit.
DO express yourself however you feel comfortable
DO have the MOST fun!
DO take care of yourself and others- see someone on the ride who could use some help? HELP. Got a little too tipsy and need to pull over for a bit? DO IT and come meet up later when you’re safe to bike and ready to dance. We’ll be ready fo ya:)
DO Be kind to one another
DO feel free to contribute! Get creative with it! What does this mean? This ride is as much your ride as it is ours. We’ve done this ride as riders for a decade before we ever started to help organize it and we want *ye the people* to be a part of keeping this ride as amazing as it always is. If you feel like you have something to contribute, please do! This could look like bringing a cooler on your bike with something to share (popsicles, drinks, snacks etc.), this could mean stepping up during the ride to help the street sweeps, this could mean bringing a first aid kit, and being willing to help others if there is need. This could mean SO many things. If you’re feeling called to it, do it, and feel free to bring on that creativity.
and now for our don’ts…
DON’T tell others they need to take off their pants/clothes/etc. off. Really guys…This ride is for anyone and everyone, and you and others are welcome to wear whatever they feel comfortable in. See someone on the ride who’s fully dressed? Hoot, holler, and say fuck yea to that person for being their best self!! Don’t make others feel uncomfortable or shitty because of your own discomforts.
DON’T shoot off fireworks at the stops or on the ride. Fireworks are great, butt not so great when lots of booty’s and skin is exposed. No one likes being hit with sparks. So keep your fireworks out of this ride.
DON’T litter. Again. This is a big ole DO pick up after yourself and
DON’T throw your trash around. It’s just not cool dudes.
{{{And now for our biggest DO AND DON’T worthy of all the caps}}}
--—!!!NO UNSOLICITED TOUCHING, DO GET CONSENT!!!—--
We want this to be a safe place for everyone, no questions asked. If you see someone physically or verbally making someone uncomfortable, SAY SOMETHING. If we see anyone grab, touch, or make any kind of unwanted advances in any form, OR, make any type of racist, degrading, homophobic behavior or comments, that person will immediately be out of the ride and told to leave. This is not a place for you to come creep on people, if that’s what you’re after. Do not come. This ride is not for you.
CONSENT. So what does consent look like? Want to give someone a hug you don’t know or know well? Ask them if they’re ok with you hugging them. Want to get a photo with someone? Ask if you can take that photo. Always, always, ALWAYS ask. Questioning whether something is too small of a thing to ask if someone is comfortable with? Better. Ask. This is a nonnegotiable friends.
We really want this event to continue on for years down the road, please be respectful of yourself, others, cars, and passersby humans
and lastly….have fucking fun, k?
We are STOKED to be here and happy to be hosting this year’s ride again. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions and/or concerns.
Event Venue
2 Merriam St, Minneapolis, MN 55401-1524, United States
