Leaflet Text
Hey, gang:
Here's the text from the leaflet distributed to the bystanders during the past 2 years. After much discussion 2 years ago I drafted this, intending it to be as generic, bike-positive and non-confrontational as possible.
Any suggestions to what should be changed/added? Keep in mind this is intended to be given out to the crowd/bystanders to let them know what's going on and what we are about. It also should reflect the thoughts/desires/intentions of ALL RIDERS, hence specific messages about foreign affairs, anti-war or political agendas should be left out!
TEXT:
WHY ARE WE RIDING OUR BIKES NAKED?
1) To promote freedom from oil dependency
2) To combat pollution
3) To foster a positive body image
4) To highlight the vulnerability bicyclists experience every day when sharing the road with cars.
5) To get your attention!
Bicycles are a cheap, efficient, clean and healthy mode of transportation. Bicycling helps fight obesity and disease. Bicycles don’t consume foreign oil, don’t spew pollution into the air, and don’t contribute to global warming. If more people rode bicycles we’d have fewer problems with traffic congestion, lack of parking space, road rage, accidents, and DUIs. We’d like to encourage everyone to get on their bike today…and every day!
For more info, go to:
(I'll put up our Chicagonakedride site, and a link to Wikipedia's WNBR general info)
Any thoughts, suggestions, etc?
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Andrew's thoughts:
Swaps top numbered reasons to match common slogans. Applies active tense and simplifications dropping redundant and extraneous adjectives, pronouns, articles, etc. Could benefit from graphic design before print for max impact. Have noted to bulletin this thread to group for review.
WHY ARE WE RIDING NAKED?
1) To promote freedom from oil dependency (Can we think of a grabbier way to put this?)
2) To foster positive body image (Can we think of a grabbier way to put this?)
3) To highlight how vulnerable cyclists are sharing the road with cars.
4) To be beautiful and save the world.
5) To get your attention!
Bicycles are a cheap, efficient, clean, proven, healthy mode of transportation. Bicycling fights obesity and disease, consumes no foreign oil, doesn't pollute nor warm the globe, nor kill our kids by the millions like cars do. Get on your bike today… and every day!
For more info see ChicagoNakedRide.org
Another try
Here's a new text for our leaflets
FYI: I print these 8 to a letter sized page, then cut them into leaflets. Last year we printed 7 reams (28,000 leaflets) and I still have 3,000 - 4,000 left. While putting in artwork and snazzy designs sounds great it'll increase the cost of doing these (which I do myself)
More thoughts?
WHY ARE WE RIDING OUR BIKES NAKED?
To make sure YOU get the message! And the message is:
1) Bicycling is better for your body—regular exercise (like bicycling) helps fight obesity and prevent disease
2) Bicycling is better for your mind—regular exercise also builds self-esteem and makes you feel good about yourself
3) Bicycling is better for your wallet—although gas is cheaper than last summer it’s even cheaper to bike, and a top-quality bike costs just a fraction of what the average car costs
4) Bicycling is better for your world—it doesn’t contribute to pollution or global warming
So what are you waiting for? Get on your bike today!
For more info, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Naked_Bike_Ride
or http://ChicagoNakedRide.org