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The York World Naked Bike Ride is a protest against oil dependency and car culture. It is equally a celebration of the bike and the human body.
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.
Next ride
Date: SATURDAY 19 JUNE 2010.
Time: Assemble from 4.00 pm, for a 5.00 pm departure
Location: Assemble in Memorial Gardens (near the Station)
Route and schedule
The 2010 Ride will take us in new and exciting directions, but will finish as usual in Museum Gardens, which requires a short period of travelling by foot, pushing the bike. The total route distance is expected to be about 6 miles of easy cycling.
As always, everyone is encouraged to go "as bare as they dare" and please affix/paint signs on your bike and/or body to indicate the reason why you are riding.
THE ROUTE
The 2009 route took the form of a figure of 8 and included for the first time the suburb of Clifton as the historic walled centre of the city.
Advantages of the York route: The York route is mostly flat with minimal car traffic. It starts close to the rail and bus stations, and there are Park & Ride and cycle-hire facilities a short cycle distance from the start. The route passes various landmarks of York including the Minster, historic Bars (city gates), and the iconic Clifford's Tower. It passes down medieval cobbled streets, traverses bridges both ancient and new, and glides along banks of the scenic River Ouse, often to the accompaniment of some great music.
Bike hire
Bikes can be hired from several places in York, but there are two very convenient hire options which previous riders recommend are:
Bob Trotter Cycles 13-15 Lord Mayors Walk, York, YO31 7HB, T: 01904 622868
City centre cycle hire store just outside the city walls, a short stroll from York Minster. Adult bike half-day hire for £13. Tandems also available.
Meetings and events
Ride planning takes place online at the WNBR York Yahoo! group, and at York planning meetings.
Wednesday 26 May - YORK RIDE PLANNING MEETING Meet 7.45 for 8 pm start, at the Black Swan, Peasholme Green. Riders and collective members meet to plot and scheme for the 2010 ride. Come and grab some free flyers and help us publicise the ride.
FILM & DISCUSSION EVENINGS.
No film evenings are currently planned but these films are available:
The World Naked Bike Ride - “All over the ride people are stripping off and getting on their bikes” (The story of the ground-breaking 2005 London ride, narrated by Jon Snow)
Indecent Exposure to Cars - “I see painted naked people on bicycles” (Directed by Conrad Schmidt, Ragtag productions 2007). A light-hearted slightly corny take on the origins of the WNBR movement.
York World Naked Bike 2008 - see Souvenir DVD below.
If you'd like to host a screening of any of the above films, please get in touch with Tony at: york [at] worldnakedbikeride [dot] org or ring 0798 116 1591.
York Critical Mass
Usually meet on the first Friday of every month, 5.30 pm at the west end of the Minster. Check out York Indymedia and
