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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!

Every year since 2006, Brighton has joined World Naked Bike Rides around the world to celebrate cycling and the human body. The ride demonstrates the vulnerability of cyclists on the road and is a protest against car culture.

Brighton's eighth World Naked Bike Ride will probably take place on Sunday 9 June 2013. Rain and wind meant lower turnouts in 2012 and 2011, but we were still 300 strong. An astonishing 800-1,000 riders took part in 2010 (up from 700, 400, 180 and 160 in previous years). Many more are expected in 2013. 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 Portsmouth, Southampton and London, which will allow people to take part in four southern rides.

The ride forms part of national Bike Week (15–23 June 2013).

Please join our email list for occasional updates on the ride and related events.

Come ride!

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Join our group!

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: Sunday 9 June 2013 (TBC)
Time: 12 noon (TBC)
Location: Preston Park – TBC, Preston Road, Brighton, BN1 6DT (note change of start location from previous years)

Pre-ride events

Planning meet-ups

Please come along if you'd like to get involved or find out more. We meet at least once a month in the run-up to the ride, from January to June.

For information on our next meet-up, see Upcoming.

Blazing Saddles Cabaret

Sun 24 March 2013, 8pm
The Brunswick, 1 Holland Road, Hove BN3 1JF
Admission: £6 advance / £7.50 on the door

Fundraising cabaret for Brighton Naked Bike Ride. Music, circus, poetry, magic, dance, puppetry, hilarity and a whole lot more.

Acts include:

• The Bobby McGees
• Team MUD
• Cherry Bella
• Zaz
• Bambi Beats

All hosted by Count Adriano Fettucini

More acts to follow...

More info / Buy tickets...

NB: This is not a clothing-optional event - no nudity

Post-ride events

Post ride beach picnic

Sun 9 June 2013, 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 2013

Sat 22 June 2013, 7.30pm–10.30pm
Pells Pool, Brook Street, Lewes, BN7 2BA (map)

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

Details to be confirmed...

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.

Suggested charities

The Brighton Naked Bike Ride is an environmental and road safety protest, not a charity event. However, if you'd like to raise money for charity through sponsoring your ride, please consider raising money for the following relevant organisations:

• Cyclists’ Defence Fund
• Friends Of The Earth
• Greenpeace
• Jo Walters Trust
• Liberty
• RoadPeace
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
• Sustrans

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 and 2010 rides
• Magpie Recycling: Brighton recycling cooperative who have provided their bio-diesel flatbed truck as a support vehicle since the 2010 ride
• Press Dispensary: Press agency that have produced and distributed our press releases

Listings

See: Brighton & Hove listings

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