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This page has links to coverage of the ride that appears online. Each year the ride gets coverage in TV and print media which we cannot link to, so this list isn't fully indicative of all the coverage the ride is receiving. Also, the updating of this list is very erratic - it's a volunteer effort, many apologies!

2015

• SWLondoner, 15 Jun 2015, ‘Less gas more ass!’ Clapham gets an eyeful as World Naked Bike Ride cyclists descend on London – video
• London Evening Standard, 13 Jun 2015, Naked bike ride: London sent into a spin as nude cyclists mount unusual protest against car culture
• London 24, 12 Jun 2015, World Naked Bike Ride 2015 returns to London
• SWLondoner, 10 Jun 2015, Go as bare as you dare! 1,000 World Naked Bike Ride cyclists to descend on London in bid to ‘brake’ record

2012

• R7, 1 Jul 2012, Missão Londres: elenco do Tudo é Possível apronta todas na terra da Rainha (Brazilian TV program, WNBR section starts about 30 minutes in]
• Your Local Guardian, 14 Jun 2012, Bikers in the buff reveal their naked ambition (this specifically covers the West Norwood feeder ride)
• Perth Now, 12 Jun 2012, 300 naked riders give Eddie a rude shock
• Demotix, 9 Jun 2012, World Naked Bike Ride 2012 - London

2011

• Metro, 12 Jun 2011, London Naked Bike Ride: Nude cyclists take to streets of UK capital

2010

• Daily Mail, 17 Jun 2010, Privates on parade: Soldiers confronted by mass of naked cyclists after visiting the Queen
• The Guardian, 14 Jun 2010: Cyclists strip off in central London for World Naked Bike Ride
• Metro, 14 Jun 2010, page 16: "Cyclists' cheeky demo" (Pictures: London naked bike ride)

2009

• The London Paper, 15 Jun 2009, page 20: Your Picture Of The Day: Hugh "Cheeky: cyclists gather for the World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday..."
• The Guardian, 15 Jun 2009: Michael Fish in the bath? Stop the nudity now!
• MSN News UK, 14 Jun 2009: Naked cyclists ride through London
• BBC Radio 2, 13 June 2009: Michael Ball show (MP3, 3 min, 1.5MB)
• ITN News, 13 Jun 2009: Naked cyclists take to the streets in London
• The Guardian, 12 Jun 2009: Riders get naked for a weekend of anti-car cycling demonstrations
• The London Paper, 12 Jun 2009, page 14: "Plan your weekend... Naked Bike Ride"
• This Is Wiltshire, 2 Jun 2009: Calne granddad's naked charity trek
• Vivrenu.com 12 french riders in london (you have to be free registered to see it)
• The Hindu Business Line, 26 June 2009: Sunny in London

2008

• Metro, 16 Jun 2008, page 11: "Cycling 'could save planet and £2.5bn'" (article illustrated with photo of blue woman from London ride)
• Metro, 15 Jun 2008: "Naked cyclist turns the streets blue"
• The Independent Green Living column, 19 Jun 2008: "James Daley: Cyclotherapy" archived here
• "Londra" the London Turkish Gazette 19 June 2008: Naked cyclists take part in global oil protest (a rather amazingly confused article!)

2007

• Albi, 21 June 2007, Albi Comment: Whizzing Nuts Save the Planet! Bikers brandish bare butts in Britain by Hillari Straba, Fearless Alibi Intern
• Free Market News, 21 June 2007, Searching for Identity
• Townhall.com, 21 June 2007, Searching for Identity by Suzanne Fields
• The Punch, 16 June 2007, Revisiting the Nigerian carnival (This is about the Nigerian carnival and some of the difficulties it encountered, and it includes an interesting mention of the WNBR)
• West End Extra, 15 June 2007, Cyclists’ naked ambition to take on the car sets new world record by Tom Foot
• WTVG Channel 13 (ABC) in Toledo, Ohio, 14 June 2007, Environmentalists shed clothes and ride their bikes seven miles
• Fridaycities, 14 June 2007, London Radar: Fridaycities meets... Jesse Schust
• New York Post, 12 June 2007, Weird but true
• The Times, 11 June 2007, Cyclists bare all for protest
• Tucson Citizen, 11 June 2007, Naked bikers in Britain
• Spiegel, 11 June 2007, Birthday-suit battle: Naked bikers take on global car culture
• Tuoi Tre Online (Vietnam), 11 June 2007, Đạp xe khỏa thân vì môi trường by HẠNH NGUYÊN
• KHoNG LoaN, 10 June 2007, Khoả thân
• ABC News Australia, 10 June 2007, Cyclists bare all to promote pedal power
• China Daily, 10 June 2007, World Naked Bike Ride in London
• The Observer (The Guardian), 10 June 2007, Focus: What does it mean to be Britsh? by Ned Temko, Jo Revill and Amelia Hill
• Daily Mail, 9 June 2007, Bike Riders strip-down for the environment
• The Guardian, 9 June 2007, Jon Henley's Diary
• Moldova.org, 9 June 2007, British cyclists strip for cleaner air
• Raw Story, 9 June 2007, What cheek! Naked cyclists say no to cars
• 24 Dash, 9 June 2007, 'Cheeky' green campaigners stage naked bike ride
• Ananova, 9 June 2007, Naked cyclists in green protest
• Yahoo! News, 9 June 2007, Scores of bicyclists go nude in UK
• Washington Post, 9 June 2007, Scores of Bicyclists go nude in UK
• International Herald Tribune, 9 June 2007, Cyclists shed clothes in environmental protest
• CNN, 9 June 2007, Cyclists peel off clothes to push pedaling, protest pump"
• United Press International, 9 June 2007, British cyclists strip for cleaner air
• Yahoo! Australian News, 9 June 2007, Cyclists bare all in protest over cars
• Times of India, 9 June 2007, London saddles up for nude bike race
• BBC News, 9 June 2007, Naked riders promote pedal power
• Moving Target Zine, 8 June 2007, World Naked Bike Ride
• The Concord Monitor (NH, USA), 8 June 2007, 5 Questions for a Naked Bike Rider By Kate Davidson
• The Wimbledon Guardian, 6 June 2007, Naked Cyclists Aim to Tackle Climate Change By Dan Menhinnitt
• Cambridge Evening News, 4 June 2007: "Why I like to bike in the buff..." (about a WNBR London rider in Cambridge)
• The Guardian, 31 May 2007, Two Wheels by Matt Seaton
• Camden Gazette, 30 May 2007, Bike riders dare to bare all
• The Ham and High, 30 May 2007, Bike riders dare to bare all
• The Ham and High, 24 May 2007, World Naked Bike Ride?!

2006

• Wandsworth Borough News, 11 May 2006: "Cycling naked? Get on your bike: Environmentally friendly cyclists prepare to bare all"
• Guardian, 12 June 2006: "Naked bike ride targets oil industry"
• Channel 4 News, 12 June 2006, Naked bikers' London protest
• Rex Features, 'Reflex' magazine, Travel Issue, Sep 2006: "Naked ambition" (Paul Brown)

2005

• Indymedia UK, 28 Apr 2005: "World Naked Bike Ride - 11 June 2005 - various UK locations"
• Resonance FM Bike Show, 16 May 2005: excerpt 1 (3.5MB), excerpt 2 (1MB).
• Indymedia UK: 1 June 2005: audio preview (4MB).
• The London Line, 9 June 2005: "Bare cheek of cyclists"
• BBC News, 11 Jun 2005: "Naked cyclists to make oil protest" (pre-ride radio interview with Venus)
• BBC News, 11 Jun 2005: "Cyclists bare all in oil protest" (includes video)
• Indymedia UK, 11 Jun 2005: "World Naked Bike Ride 2005 - London"
• VivreNu.com/Zoom.in/Reuters – 'Manifestation cyclo-nudiste londres (Le soir Journal belge)' (Windows Media video of London ride)
• TreeHugger, 13 Jun 2005: "Naked Bike Ride shocks London"

2004

• Metro/Evening Standard newspaper, London, UK, 3 Jun 2004: "Take the buff" (poor quality scan)