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Cywol: /* Can I travel with my bike on the London tube? */

2017-04-11T13:33:05Z

‎Can I travel with my bike on the London tube?

Cywol: /* Will I be arrested for nudity? */

2017-04-06T15:20:55Z

‎Will I be arrested for nudity?

Bernardboase: /* Do you have body paint information? How much does it cost to cover someone with body paint? */

2011-06-14T15:11:10Z

‎Do you have body paint information? How much does it cost to cover someone with body paint?

Robjordan: /* Is it illegal to cycle without a helmet? */

2011-06-08T18:12:33Z

‎Is it illegal to cycle without a helmet?

Bernardboase: /* Do you have body paint information? How much does it cost to cover someone with body paint? */

2011-06-07T19:13:01Z

‎Do you have body paint information? How much does it cost to cover someone with body paint?

Bernardboase: /* Do I have to ride a bike? */

2011-06-07T18:36:23Z

‎Do I have to ride a bike?

Erik Baas: /* Where can I hire a bike or skates? */

2011-06-05T15:05:42Z

‎Where can I hire a bike or skates?

Pavukspider at 14:04, 5 June 2011

2011-06-05T14:04:10Z

Toniminou: /* I'm travelling by train. Can I take my bike with me? */

2011-02-08T22:01:02Z

‎I'm travelling by train. Can I take my bike with me?

Toniminou: /* Is it illegal to cycle without a helmet? */

2011-02-08T21:57:59Z

‎Is it illegal to cycle without a helmet?

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 You can travel by tube with a bike on most overground Tube sections (mainly outer London and the Circle Line), and anywhere if it's a folding bike that you carry like luggage. TfL (Transport for London)'s website gives the story:
 <ul>
-<li>Click [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/11598.aspx here] for TfL's general cycling index.</li>
+<li>Click [https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/ here] for TfL's general cycling index.</li>
-<li>Click [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/11701.aspx here] for TfL's index page on cycling with public transport.</li>
+<li>Click [https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/cycling-in-london/bikes-on-public-transport?intcmp=2366 here] for TfL's index page on cycling with public transport.</li>
-<li>Click [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/bicycle-tube-map.pdf here] for a map that shows which parts of the Underground network are friendly for non-folding bikes outside the rush hours.</li>
+<li>Click [http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bicycles-on-public-transport.pdf here] for a map that shows which parts of the Underground network are friendly for non-folding bikes outside the rush hours.</li>
 </ul>
 It's also important to check with TfL that the part of the network you intend to use is not closed for engineering work at the crucial time.

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 ===Will I be arrested for nudity?===
-If you are riding in London, Brighton, Manchester, Southampton, or York, there is almost no risk of arrest. Police are fully aware of our bike protests, the routes and the nudity it involves.  The London ride had police approval every year since 2005  and police even provide traffic control. For more info, see the 2005 [http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/faq/met2005.html e-mail exchange] we had with the police.
+Nudity is not illegal in England, as was established in the Sexual Offences Act 2003,
-For other rides, note that nudity isn't illegal in the UK,
+If you are riding in London, Brighton, Manchester, Southampton, or York, there is almost no risk of arrest if you are well behaved. Police are fully aware of our bike protests, the routes and the nudity it involves.  The London ride had police approval every year since 2005. For more info, see the 2005 [http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/faq/met2005.html e-mail exchange] we had with the police.
-Police may try to force the point and claim that you are offending people. You can ask them to substantiate this before deciding whether to comply. You can't be arrested for nudity unless a) police require that you put clothes back on and b) you refuse.
+<!-- [http://nuff.org.uk/factfile/content/category/6/68/56/ These pages] have a more complete explanation of the legal position. NB THIS LINK NO LONGER GIVES ANY CONTENT -->
-If you don't wish to be arrested but want to remain mostly bare, just bring along a thong/ g-string/ briefs/ shorts/ toga or anything that you can slip on in order to cover up if police decide to challenge us.
+Police may try to force the point and claim that you are offending people. You can ask them to substantiate this before deciding whether to comply. It may well be that the police officers are unfamiliar with these laws. You should not be arrested for nudity unless a) police require that you put clothes back on and b) you refuse.
 ===Will people/ the press photograph me?===

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 Yes, there is plenty of info at the general World Naked Bike Ride site [http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.php?title=Body_art here]. For a good example of how a message written in paint looks, click [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10010968 here]. There is further info about creative ideas from the London ride [http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/london/creative/index.html here].
-The best promotion of the '''ride's messages''' is to have them '''painted on your body'''.  The more people decorate themselves with short and snappy words the better. Consider making a '''stencil''' such as [http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/images/b/b7/StopUsingOil.pdf this one], bring along some body paint, a little sponge and some water, then use the time at the Assembly to help each other slogan up. (This stencil example is two pages of A4, easily printed and used as a pattern to cut out a more waterproof stencil with a modelling knife). Many more stencil designs are in the PDF file [http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/images/7/7e/Slogans_large.pdf here], again with two A4 pages per slogan.
+The best promotion of the '''ride's messages''' is to have them '''painted on your body'''.  The more people decorate themselves with short and snappy words the better. Consider making a '''stencil''' such as [http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/images/b/b7/StopUsingOil.pdf this one], bring along some face paint (e.g. Snazaroo), a little sponge, some water and drafting tape, then use the time at the Assembly to help each other to slogan up.
 If you want to paint your entire body, one paint tube will suffice, and it costs approximately £5-9 per tube. Therefore it's £5-9 to cover a body with one colour of paint (e.g. entire body painted blue). We will have some body paint at the London ride so you can write messages or designs on your body (but you should buy some paint if you want something with lots of paint or detail).

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 ===Is it illegal to cycle without a helmet?===
-No, cycle helmets are not compulsory in the UK (yet) which is probably just as well as it might discourage - or criminalise - many budding cyclists. See [http://www.ctc.org.uk/desktopdefault.aspx?tabid=4688/ this page] for some reasoned debate about the issue.
+No, cycle helmets are not compulsory in the UK (yet) which is probably just as well as it might discourage - or criminalise - many budding cyclists. See [http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=5339 this page] for some reasoned debate about the issue.
 By all means wear one if you feel safer - or for decoration, perhaps with some flowers, ivy, or feathery "wings" attached!

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 Yes, there is plenty of info at the general World Naked Bike Ride site [http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.php?title=Body_art here]. For a good example of how a message written in paint looks, click [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10010968 here]. There is further info about creative ideas from the London ride [http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/london/creative/index.html here].
-The best promotion of the '''ride's messages''' is to have them '''painted on your body'''.  The more people decorate themselves with short and snappy words the better. Consider making a '''stencil''' such as [http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.php?title=Image:StopUsingOil.pdf this one], bring along some body paint and little sponge, then use the time at the Assembly to help each other slogan up. (This stencil example is two pages of A4, easily printed and used as a pattern to cut out a more waterproof stencil with a modelling knife).
+The best promotion of the '''ride's messages''' is to have them '''painted on your body'''.  The more people decorate themselves with short and snappy words the better. Consider making a '''stencil''' such as [http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/images/b/b7/StopUsingOil.pdf this one], bring along some body paint, a little sponge and some water, then use the time at the Assembly to help each other slogan up. (This stencil example is two pages of A4, easily printed and used as a pattern to cut out a more waterproof stencil with a modelling knife). Many more stencil designs are in the PDF file [http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/images/7/7e/Slogans_large.pdf here], again with two A4 pages per slogan.
 If you want to paint your entire body, one paint tube will suffice, and it costs approximately £5-9 per tube. Therefore it's £5-9 to cover a body with one colour of paint (e.g. entire body painted blue). We will have some body paint at the London ride so you can write messages or designs on your body (but you should buy some paint if you want something with lots of paint or detail).

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 ===Do I have to ride a bike?===
-No, any human-powered transport is welcome. You could skate, skateboard or run (although in [[London]] you won't be allowed to participate on foot in 2010). We've had a number of skaters, rickshaws, recumbent bikes and work bikes. By all means surprise us! There have even been some [[Wikipedia:Penny-farthing|penny farthings]] (although, as of 2009, not in [[London]]), and a unicycling Father Christmas at the [[York]] 2006 ride!
+No, any human-powered transport is welcome. You could skate, skateboard or run (although in [[London]] you won't be allowed to participate on foot). We've had a number of skaters, rickshaws, recumbent bikes and work bikes. By all means surprise us! There have even been some [[Wikipedia:Penny-farthing|penny farthings]] (although, as of 2009, not in [[London]]), and a unicycling Father Christmas at the [[York]] 2006 ride!
 ===I don't own a bike. How can I participate?===

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 See the [[London Bike Hire]] page. There are also the following alternative options (not verified by the WNBR):
 *'''[http://www.lcc.org.uk/ London Cycling Campaign]''' has a [http://www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=171 page] on cycle hire.
 *'''[http://skateinstructor.com/skate-rental.html The Blue Room]''' - Hire inline skates near Marble Arch (£18 for the entire weekend!)

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 Provided that the company and route allows you, just wheel it on, but don't obstruct the doors, obviously.
-For full information on each train route/company policy, see [http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/system/galleries/download/misc/cycling-2006.pdf this guide]. On weekdays there are severe restrictions, but Saturdays are usually fine. However bike reservations are often required so check the guide and with your operating company if in doubt. Folding bikes are not subject to any restrictions, you just carry them on as luggage.
+For full information on each train route/company policy, see [http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/passenger_services/2011CyclingbyTrain.pdf this guide]. On weekdays there are severe restrictions, but Saturdays are usually fine. However bike reservations are often required so check the guide and with your operating company if in doubt. Folding bikes are not subject to any restrictions, you just carry them on as luggage.
 The one thing to look out for, however, is any engineering work. This usually happens at weekends and if the train company puts on replacement bus services instead of trains because work is being done on the line, they will not let you on with your bike. That goes for every train operator, so be careful.