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TOO COLD FOR NUDE PROTEST, NYC BIKERS SWITCH GEARS
After bike lane closed in Orthodox New York neighborhood, Williamsburg, because of Satmar distaste for cyclists' attire, bikers plan to go topless through neighborhood in protest. Snowstorm keeps their clothes on as bikers opt to pin plastic breasts to their coats instead

Associated Press
December 20, 2009

Brooklyn, N.Y. -- Bicyclists who planned to go topless to protest the removal of a Brooklyn bike lane switched gears Saturday, pinning plastic breasts to their jackets as they rolled into a snowstorm.

Dozens of bikers joined a protest called the "Freedom Ride" to oppose the removal of a bike path in Williamsburg, an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood.

But the fierce snowstorm in New York kept them from pedaling topless as planned.

The cyclists blame Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the loss of the lane because Williamsburg's Hasidic Jewish residents "can't handle scantily clad women" on wheels, said bike messenger Heather Loop, who organized the action.

The bikers' tactics did not amuse some faithful Hasids leaving synagogue services with their families on the Sabbath. They rushed home.

Still, the riders made their point, obeying traffic signals as police watched.

They had gathered earlier Saturday at a Williamsburg bar called the Wrecked Door.