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The second World Naked Bike Ride in Brighton & Hove will take place in the morning of Saturday 9 June 2007. The ride will allow people to participate in both the Brighton & Hove ride and the afternoon London ride if they travel by train.

If you're interested in riding or getting involved, please join the WNBR Brighton & Hove Yahoo! group.

See also: Brighton & Hove planning notes

Next ride

Date: Saturday 9 June 2007
Time: 10am (ride will set off around 10.30-10.45am)
Location: The Level, Brighton, BN2 3FX

Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=143955
Body painting workshop: 9am. Please bring body paints.

Flyers and posters

Spread the word! Posters and flyers are now available as PDFs at www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/brighton/files. Please download, print and distribute these!

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.

If you haven't got a bike, these can be hired from Planet Cycles, next to West Pier (01273 748881). Oddballs used to hire out skates, but they don't any more.

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.

Route

The route goes via Brighton and Hove, past a number of local attractions (Brighton Pier, The Royal Pavilion, the seafront etc), before finishing at Black Rock naturist beach (within striking distance of Brighton Train Station) in time to catch trains and join the afternoon London ride. Please see the Brighton & Hove planning notes for more information.

Media coverage

Pre-ride coverage

• Virtual Brighton Magazine, 23 Apr 2006: "World Naked Bike Ride gets Brighton 'as bare as you dare'"
• The Argus, 24 Apr 2006: "Cyclists strip for a naked protest"
• G Scene magazine, Jun 2006 (PDF edition, 8.4MB), page 10: "Naked bike ride"
• Rocks magazine, Jun 2006 (The Green Issue), page 4: "It's time to get your kit off"
• 3Sixty magazine, Jun 2006, page 14: "Nudists gear up for good ride" (PDF edition available on the downloads page)
• Bike For All News, 3 Jun 2006: "Nude cycling: no seams to rub makes it more comfy than you'd think"
• Bike For All News, 5 Jun 2006: "Brighton's bobbies want rude bits hidden"
• The Argus, 7 Jun 2006: "Riders cover up 'rude bits'"
• SchNEWS, issue 547, 9 Jun 2006: "Love handle(bar)s" (issue 547 available as a PDF)
• Daily Telegraph, 10 Jun 2006: "Naked cyclists forced to cover up"

Post-ride coverage

• Daily Star, 11 Jun 2006: "Bike nudes 'too rude'"
• The Independent, 11 Jun 2006, Last-Minute News: "Naked cyclists taking part in..."
• The Mail On Sunday, 11 Jun 2006: "Look... no Lycra"
• News Of The World, 11 Jun 2006: "Bicycling 2 abreast"
• The Observer, 11 Jun 2006: "Cyclists warned to spare Brighton's blushes"
• The People, 11 Jun 2006: "Hot (86°) Wheels"
• Sunday Sport, 11 Jun 2006: "Tour de pants!"
• The Argus, 12 Jun 2006: "Cyclists bare all for greener living"
• The Argus, Letters, 14 Jun 2006: "Cyclists ride bareback for safety protest" (by Bruno Beloff)

Television and radio

• BBC Radio 5 Live
• BBC Southern Counties radio
• ITV Local Meridian (internet)
• ITV Meridian South
• Juice 107.2 FM
• Radio HeyNow – Polish radio station in the UK
• Radio Reverb
• Southern FM

Photos

• Flickr search: "brighton naked bike ride"
• Flickr: World Naked Bike Ride group
• Ian Freeston
• Rex Features

Flickr photos by:

• Clive Andrews
• Mike Grenville
• Rob Jordan
• Neil Melville
• Kevin Meredith
• Fred Pipes
• Tim Richardson (aka Image Catcher), also available at Mac.com
• Tamsin Williams

Photos were also taken by the following people (no direct links to their photos yet):

• The Argus: photos by Simon Dack and Liz Finlayson
• Roger Bamber, photographer for The Guardian
• John Connor Press Associates
• Kent News and Pictures Ltd
• Nigel Swallow, from North Laine Photography

Video

• WNBR Brighton by Fred Pipes

Video was shot by the following people and organisations (no direct links to edited films yet):

• Duncan Blinkhorn
• Lorna Gay Copp
• ITV Local
• The Latest
• Legal observers
• Fred Pipes
• SchMOVIES

History

2006

160-200 cyclists (and one skateboarder) took part in Brighton & Hove's first ride, on a blazing hot day! Chief Superintendent Jeremy Paine ruled against us exposing our "rude bits", but Sussex Police were very friendly and helpful in facilitating the ride.

2004

Not far from Brighton, on 12 June 2004, two riders took part in a naked bike ride in the Ashdown Forest.

Links

A list of links related to this ride is also maintained at the WNBR Brighton & Hove Yahoo! group.

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

Website/s

• WNBR Brighton & Hove wiki site (this page!)
• WNBR Brighton & Hove (official site)

Discussion group/s

• WNBR Brighton & Hove Yahoo! group
• WNBR UK Yahoo! group

Listings

• Upcoming.org
• Bike For All

Related links

• Critical Mass Brighton

Related interest groups

See the Related Interest Groups section of the WNBR Brighton & Hove Yahoo! group. Please add links here to sites that you think are appropriate.

Endorsements

WNBR Brighton & Hove is endorsed by the following organisations:

• Bike Week, 17-25 June 2006 – the UK's annual celebration of cycling
• The Latest magazines – Latest Homes, Latest 7, Wave
• Press Dispensary – press agency that produced and distributed our press releases [1], [2]!
• Rocks magazine
• Vinylla – Brighton fetish club night

Rocks magazine have supported the ride with promotional articles and discounted advertising:

Location information

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