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Exeter police still searching for naked nightime cyclist

Nude rider spotted again on Saturday night but offciers' pursuit on foot proved fruitless...

Police in Exeter are still looking for a naked cyclist who rides through the city’s streets at night.

In April, we reported how Devon & Cornwall Police had issued an appeal after two sightings of the mystery rider, wearing a black hoodie but lacking trousers or underwear.

He was spotted again this weekend, with officers from an armed response vehicle who also carry out general policing duties despatched after the rider was spotted again on Saturday evening.

According to posts by Sergeant Harry Tangye on Twitter, officers tried to find the man on foot but were unable to do so, and he appealed to the cyclist to get in touch.

Needless to say, the tweet prompted some jokes on Twitter.

In their appeal in April, police said that the man was "described as a white male, aged twenties to early thirties, with collar-length scruffy hair and riding a dark coloured bicycle.”

Curiously, they didn’t highlight the naked-from-the-waist-down aspect.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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cmdfreeman | 7 years ago
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What a cheek!

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Butty | 7 years ago
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If they can't find him from the ground then they need to get a chopper out 

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brooksby | 7 years ago
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If he was wearing a hoodie but no pants/trousers etc, then he wasn't actually naked, was he? "Bare-arsed", maybe... 

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hawkinspeter | 7 years ago
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I've heard that it wasn't even his own bike, he'd merely left a deposit on it.

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hawkinspeter | 7 years ago
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Apparently he raced past a couple of elderly women and one of them had a stroke

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StraelGuy replied to hawkinspeter | 7 years ago
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hawkinspeter wrote:

Apparently he raced past a couple of elderly women and one of them had a stroke

 

...and the other one couldn't reach yes.

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burtthebike | 7 years ago
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Would he get a suspended sentence or penile servitude?

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Jimnm | 7 years ago
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Is there a law against riding a bike starkers? I have heard of naked bike events to raise money for charity. I hope he has a wide seat, cos he wouldn't want a racing saddle up his ass.  The cops need to focus on real crime  3 

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PaulBox | 7 years ago
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Did anybody see his helmet???

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vonhelmet | 7 years ago
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Yes, police officers, this is definitely a more valuable use of your time than sorting out issues with, I don't know, dead cyclists.

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StraelGuy | 7 years ago
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What a cock!

 

Said a passing nun.

 

I'll get my coat...

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I love my bike | 7 years ago
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As 'even' being naked in public isn't against the law, why are the police seemingly spending so much effort on this?

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Gasman Jim | 7 years ago
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I didn't know there was a special police unit for dealing with nudie-rudies:

"Nude rider spotted again on Saturday night butt officers' pursuit on foot proved fruitless..."

Sorry, I'll get my coat!

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wycombewheeler | 7 years ago
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Can't afford a skinsuit?

Armed response seems extreme as being naked is not of itself an offence.

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DrG82 replied to wycombewheeler | 7 years ago
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wycombewheeler wrote:

Can't afford a skinsuit? Armed response seems extreme as being naked is not of itself an offence.

 

Someone probably said they caught a glimps of his weapon so the cops thought they better send armed police.

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David9694 replied to DrG82 | 7 years ago
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Someone probably said they caught a glimps of his weapon so the cops thought they better send armed police.

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were they acting on a tip-off?

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psling | 7 years ago
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... "described as a white male, aged twenties to early thirties, with collar-length scruffy hair and riding a dark coloured bicycle.”

 

Well, Peter Sagan has been getting a lot of exposure lately.

 

 

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Stumps | 7 years ago
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Fab you cannot beat the wind blowing through your hair...........

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