By By Marcus Hondro Jun 16, 2014 in Politics World Naked Bike Rides are held around the world in different cities and countries to, among other things, protest pollution. Many cities had rides over the weekend and on Friday a WNBR in New York saw two nude riders arrested. Nocera and Geiger were charged with two counts of disorderly conduct, public lewdness and exposure of a person. They spent one night in jail and were then let out on bail. No word on a court date. Participants in the WNBR in New York were not in agreement with the police version of the arrests. "Were any of the riders exposing themselves in a Lewd way? Benjamin Shepard, who saw the arrests, Shepard, an activist, called the arrests "yet another skirmish in a lifetime of battles between the Dionysian cult and those hell bent on crushing the party and its libratory (sic) ideas, the forces of repression rearing their head against efforts to realize New York, the naked city, in all its glories." The There are a host of cities also hosting a naked bike ride later this month or in July. Reports have it that New York City police arrested Brooklyn's Paul Nocera, 52, and a man from Virginia, Karl Geiger, 49. The police are insisting they were not simply arrested for being naked on a bike riding through New York (they were at Bleeker and 7th Av.) but because they got off their bikes and set about "dancing and cheering in a lewd manner." That, police said, "caused traffic and distraction" and so they arrested the pair.Nocera and Geiger were charged with two counts of disorderly conduct, public lewdness and exposure of a person. They spent one night in jail and were then let out on bail. No word on a court date.Participants in the WNBR in New York were not in agreement with the police version of the arrests. "Were any of the riders exposing themselves in a Lewd way? Benjamin Shepard, who saw the arrests, wrote on a blog. "Certainly, not from my point of view,"Shepard, an activist, called the arrests "yet another skirmish in a lifetime of battles between the Dionysian cult and those hell bent on crushing the party and its libratory (sic) ideas, the forces of repression rearing their head against efforts to realize New York, the naked city, in all its glories."The WNBR is a "Bare As You Dare" event and many riders have shorts on or something to cover genitals and breasts. Since 2004, rides have taken place in over 20 counties and 70 cities. In addition to New York, over the weekend there were naked bike rides in Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago, Houston, New Orleans, Eugene, San Francisco, London, Cardiff, Berlin, Munich, Dresden, Mexico City and Valladolid in Spain.There are a host of cities also hosting a naked bike ride later this month or in July. More about world naked bike rides, wnbr, naked bike riders arrested for lewdness More news from world naked bike rid... wnbr naked bike riders ar...