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Be on alert — nude and almost-nude cyclists were setting out from the legislature at 7 p.m. and heading down Broadway to The Exchange District, the waterfront and market square.

Free Press reporter Kristy Hoffman is on the scene, and has spotted one body-painted woman wearing only a cape among the 40 or so cyclists. Others are wearing not a whole lot, but are sporting thongs, glitter, tutus, feathers — and, of course, helmets. Pretty much everyone has body paint.

JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Cyclists get ready to participate in what they called World Naked Bike Day at the Manitoba Legislature Friday night.

Organizers say it was tried four years ago, and now it’s back as a celebration of green transportation and body image awareness.