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Join us for a naked lunch, a seaside bike ride in the buff, a paddle in the sea and a naturist beach picnic!

Brighton's fifth World Naked Bike Ride will take place on Sunday 13 June 2010. An astonishing 700 riders took part in 2009 (up from 400, 180 and 160 in previous years). More are expected in 2010. As of the 2007 ride, following negotiations with Sussex Police, full nudity is permitted at the event.

The event will form the finale to a weekend of UK and worldwide rides, including nearby Southampton and London the two days before, which will allow people to take part in three southern rides!

The ride will form part of local and national Bike Week (19-27 June 2010). It also celebrates Brighton's status as a Cycle Demonstration Town.

If you're interested in riding or getting involved, please join our Yahoo! discussion group. You can also sign up to our event listings at Facebook and Upcoming.

Join us!

Please donate to the WNBR UK Fund

The UK World Naked Bike Ride fund meets the cost of insuring rides
across the UK, and provides local organisers with money for
poster/flyer printing, advertising, ride equipment etc.
Please give generously.

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Next ride

Date: Sunday 13 June 2010
Time: 12 noon
Location: The Level, Brighton, BN2 3FX

Ride details

Schedule 12 noon: Bike/body decoration and lunch Live music by The Iron Boot Scrapers 1pm: Assembly 1.30pm: Ride starts 3.30pm/4pm (approx): Ride finishes with sea swim and beach picnic Live music by Karma Food and drink Please make sure you're well-fed at the start of the ride. If necessary, bring lunch to eat at the Level, plus snacks and water for the ride. Bike and body decoration Please bring decorations and body paint Route Route map showing start, end and rest points The route goes via central Brighton and Hove, past a number of local attractions (Brighton Pier, The Royal Pavilion, the seafront etc), before finishing at Black Rock naturist beach where we can have a post-ride swim and picnic. Weather Check local weather at the following sites: BBC Metcheck Met Office Weather.co.uk

Getting there If you live out of town, please try to use sustainable transport to get to the start of the ride (eg: train, bus, car share, bio-diesel or electric vehicle). Please note that most buses don't take bikes (apart from folding bikes). You can check various options at: National Rail Enquiries (trains) Traveline South East (buses and trains) Lift Share (car sharing) Car Share (car sharing) Bike hire If you haven't got a bike, the following shops are offering 10% discounts on the day of the event to people who quote 'Brighton Naked Bike Ride': Go Cycle Bike Hire Unit 22, Brighton Marina, Brighton, BN2 5WA Tel: 01273 697104 M's Cycle Hire Bikes delivered to hirers. Please call to arrange at least 4 days in advance Tel: Maria 07852 986165 / John 07852 986163 Planet Cycles‎ (next to West Pier), Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 2FL Tel: 01273 748881

Accommodation

If you are looking to stay over in Brighton and are riding, there is a discount available at the Ambassador Hotel. Just make an online booking, entering the voucher code:NAKEDBIKE10 and you'll get £10 off any booking, between 11-14 June.

The hotel's details are found here: [1] They have just re-established their blog, which has good background info on what's happening in the city: [2]

Publicity

Flyers

Double-sided flyers now available, with full information about the ride:

• A8 mini flyers
  (business card size, 8 fronts / 8 backs to an A4 sheet, work-and-turn)
  Attach to bikes, hand out as business cards
• A6 postcard flyers
  (postcard size, 2 fronts / 2 backs to an A4 sheet, work-and-turn)
  Leave in shops (esp. bike shops!), cafés, noticeboards etc

Posters

A4 poster available in three versions (enlarge to A3 for added impact!):

• Girl design
• Boy design
• Full info design

Put up in shops (especially bike shops!), cafés, bars, pubs etc

Download Adobe Reader to view and print these PDF files

Pre-ride events

Planning meetings

Tuesday 8 June 2010, 7.30pm
The Earth & Stars pub, 46 Windsor Street, Brighton, BN1 1RJ

Probably the last planning meeting before the ride!

Planning meetings to discuss this ride will take place at least once a month in the months leading up to the ride. Please come along if you'd like to get involved!

For further information, see Upcoming

Future meeting date/s (same venue): Late June 2010? (post-ride meeting), Early 2011 (start of 2011 ride planning)

Post-ride events

Post ride beach picnic

Sun 13 June 2010, approx 3.30pm/4m (after the Brighton ride)
Black Rock naturist beach, Kemp Town, Brighton

There will be a swim and beach picnic at the end of the Brighton ride.
Please bring food and drink to share.

Midsummer Skinny Dip at the Pells

Sat 3 July 2010, 7.30pm–10.30pm
Pells Pool, Brook Street, Lewes, BN7 2BA (map)

Second clothes-optional open-air swim, social and picnic
presented by the Brighton Naked Bike Ride planning group

Tickets £3 advance / £5 on door (under-16s free, accompanied by adult)

• A4 poster
• A6 flyers (postcard size, 4 to an A4 sheet)

Get involved!

Ride on the day

Please show your support for this event and its message by riding "as bare as you dare" on the day. For more information on what to bring etc, visit the Joining a ride page.

Spread the word

The more people know about the ride, the more will come. The more people come and ride, the more successful the event will be, and the safer riders will feel.

Help organise and promote this ride

To really make this ride happen, please get involved in organising and promoting the ride. See the Brighton & Hove planning notes for more information on jobs required.

Media coverage, Photos, Video, History

See media coverage, photos, video and history pages.

Links

A list of links related to this ride is also maintained at the Brighton Naked Bike Ride Yahoo! group.

More information on the Brighton & Hove ride is available at:

Website/s

• Brighton Naked Bike Ride wiki site (this page!)
• Brighton Naked Bike Ride (official site)

Discussion group/s

• Brighton Naked Bike Ride Facebook group (join us!)
• Brighton Naked Bike Ride Facebook page (become a fan!)
• Brighton Naked Bike Ride Yahoo! group
• WNBR UK Yahoo! group

Endorsements

The following Brighton bike organisations have sponsored our flyers and provided other support:

• Bike For Life: Cycle confidence training
• The Bike's The Business: Bike courier company
• Cranks: DIY bike workshop
• G-Whizz Cycles: Hove second-hand cycle emporium and workshop

We are also supported and endorsed by:

• Green Van Hire: Provided a grass-covered, bio-diesel support van on the 2009 ride (and plan to do so again in 2010)
• Magpie Recycling: Brighton recycling cooperative who will be providing their bio-diesel flatbed truck for the 2010 ride
• Press Dispensary: Press agency that produced and distributed our press releases
• Vinylla: Brighton fetish club night

Listings

• AA
• Bike Events
• Bike For All
• Bike For Life
• Bike Week
• Brighton & Hove Council: events diary, annual outdoor events
• Brighton Activist
• Brighton Green Pages
• Eventbrite
• Everyday Cycling
• Facebook
• Festival Eye
• Free-events.co.uk
• Green Events
• SchNEWS Party & Protest Guide
• Skinbook
• Sustrans
• Transition Brighton & Hove
• Upcoming
• View Brighton
• Where Can We Go
• What's On When
  • Syndicated to [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17]
  • Also: [18], [19], [20], [21]
• Yahoo! group: Brighton Naked Bike Ride (also on home page)

Related rides

• Critical Mass Brighton
• Low Tide Bike Ride

Related interest groups

See the Related Interest Groups section of the Brighton Naked Bike Ride Yahoo! group. Please add links here to sites that you think are appropriate.

Location information

• Maps of Brighton & Hove: Streetmap.co.uk / ViaMichelin / Google Maps
• Wikipedia: Brighton & Hove
• Wikipedia: Brighton
• Wikipedia: Hove
• Wikipedia: East Sussex