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This year's York ride is going to take place at 6pm on Friday 9 June 2006 (not on Saturday when most other Northern Hemisphere rides are taking place). Assemble at 6pm in Memorial Gardens (off Leeman Road, nearby the Railway Station). The departure time is 6.30pm prompt so aim to get to the assembly point at or before 6pm. 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.
Details of the ride are at the website http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/yorkshire
If you would like to help co-ordinate a Naked Ride in York please contact Jesse (UK rides coordinator) on 07814 587361. We are considering holding a planning meeting in York on a weekday soon (possibly on Friday the 26th of May). We plan to meet at 6pm in the evening (meet up at Memorial Gardens). If the weather is good, we can meet outside, otherwise we'll have to repair to a dry/warm location that is hopefully quiet (any suggestions?). The ride planning will take place on the wnbr-UK yahoo group (see below)
Contents
Planning Collective and Ride Publicity
We have established a route and we have a leaflet to be printed up and distributed. There isn't much planning needed except how to get these leaflets distributed. If anyone knows of somewhere that would photocopy or print the leaflets for free, that would be great - they print well in black and white. Another thing we are looking for is a place that we could leave the leaflets for people to collect them (with a person or business in York) Preferably the leaflets could be collected in the evening between 4-8pm. Any volunteers? If you know of a business that might spring for this, please ask them and then get in touch with Jesse at 0781 458 7361.
Role of York co-ordinator
We need someone who can act as the main ride co-ordinator. At the moment it is being provisionally co-ordinated by someone who lives outside of York, and we could do with someone who is an actual cyclist in York. Ideally we'd have two people collaborating as co-ordinators- one person serving as a backup in case the main person in the role falls ill. Here's what the co-ordinator would do.
- answers people's questions with care and consideration.
- keeps track of who is doing what, and how far through things people are.
- deals with problems and follows the discussions at the national level.
- provides e-mail updates to let people know what is going on.
- points out where and when help is needed.
- acts as a contact point for general enquiries (e-mail and mobile phone).
- maintains contact information (and keeps it secure).
Additional responsibilities that the coordinator could have if they wanted
- arranges meetings, compiles agendas, provides minutes.
- ensures that the collective remains non-hierarchical but organised.
- moderation of a e-mail list for York ride planning (note: this is not yet available)
Proposed York route
The ride would start at (War) Memorial Gardens and end on the opposite bank of the Ouse at the Museum Gardens (which requires a short period of travelling by foot, pushing the bike).
Advantages of the route: The proposed York ride is mostly straightforward with minimal car traffic. It starts close to the Rail and Bus stations, and there is a Park and Ride parking a short cycle distance from the start of the route. The route passes various distinct features of York, including Bootham Bar, the York Cathedral, historic bridges, pedestrianised medieval streets, the Ouse River bankside, Cliffords Tower, the Millenium cycle bridge, National Cycle route 65 and the beautiful riverside Museum Gardens.
Links
Websites
- WNBR UK – official site for UK rides
- WNBR York wiki – official wiki page for the York ride (this page!)
Related links
- Bike Week - The York ride is a registered ride in the UK's annual 'celebration of cycling'!
Discussion group/s
Join the WNBR UK list if you plan to ride and want to receive important updates or share in general UK ride planning.
- WNBR UK – Yahoo! discussion group for all UK rides
