NAKED PEDLAR: A Wellington naked cyclist, Nick Lowe, has successfully appealed against a conviction and fine for riding his bike nude near Upper Hutt. Mr Lowe was convicted in the Distict Court of offensive behaviour and fined $200 and $130 court costs after he was stopped by police while riding his bike on a rural road on March 15 last year – the ‘World Nude Bike Day’. A woman motorist had complained to police after seeing him and later told the court she was ‘fairly disgusted’. Mr Lowe appealed against the conviction in the High Court. Justice Clifford said Mr Lowe’s nakedness had not met the test of offensive behaviour. He quashed the conviction and fine. Mr Lowe told The Dominion Post when he filed the appeal: “It’s a lifestyle thing – to put clothes on is uncomfortable. It’s not about exhibitionism, I’m just uncomfortable in clothes.”