Photo of a World Naked Bike Ride in London by tylerbrekko, used under a creative commons license

Via Free Ride, looks like it’s time for yet another ill-advised, barely-clothed display in our nation’s capital. The D.C. version of World Naked Bike Ride is planned for this Saturday at 4 p.m.

A flyer on the group’s web site, which is part of a large, world-wide network of fairly well-attended naked rides in other cities, states that participants will “ride in order to draw attention to oil dependency and the negative social and environmental impacts of a car dominated culture.”

D.C. organizer Roger writes that he doesn’t recommend actually riding totally naked in Washington, even though photographic evidence shows that full nudity is common during the event in other cities. Apparently the Park Police have threatened to arrest anyone who bears everything. We’re not sure if we’re relieved that Washington is too prudish to pull off an actual naked ride, or ashamed.

If you’d like to join in, the route begins on the Vermont Ave. side of McPherson Square and heads past the White House and around the Capitol.