WHY IS IT OK TO RIDE A BIKE NAKED?

THE World Naked Bike Ride is all about promoting road safety and highlighting the vulnerability of cyclists.

But if you’ve ever walked around Cardiff city centre with your kids while the event is going on you might have found the eyefuls of bare flesh on display a little bit difficult to explain to the little ones.

So why then is it OK to bare all on a bicycle in broad daylight once a year?

It turns out being starkers in public isn’t illegal.

Under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 being nude in public is permissible, as long as it’s not done to intentionally cause harassment, alarm or distress.

It’s a sentiment echoed by The Crown Prosecution Service also.

Before this year’s event South Wales Police said they were fully aware of the annual bike protests, the routes and the nudity involved.

As long as nobody is deemed to be the victim of harassment, alarm or distress, and as long as everyone participating behaves themselves, there is no need for the police to get involved.