Scarborough
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Next ride
Date: Sunday 26 June 2016
Time: 2 pm
Location: Esplanade Gardens
Information
Welcome to the Scarborough World Naked Bike Ride page. 2016 will be our first ride.
We will be gathering in Esplanade Gardens on Scarborough's south cliff from 1pm on Sunday 26th June with the ride it's self beginning at 2pm. The gathering point is on the square section of open grass just across the street from the trams. We estimate it should finish sometime between 4pm and 5pm not far from the beach after 8 miles of slow cycling including along the full length of Scarborough's North and South Bays plus the town centre. Registration is not required, so just turn up, but it would help to have an idea of numbers so please consider registering your interest on our facebook event page.
Full nudity is permitted and has been cleared with the police as it is not deemed to be illegal in this context, however nudity is not a requirement and you may ride as bare as you dare! Many women choose to wear a swimming costume or go topless.
Keep up to date here and on our facebook event page linked to at the top of this page for more information.
The world naked bike ride takes place in around 20 towns and cities in the UK every year and scores of cities around the world. It is a protest to draw attention to the vulnerability of cyclists, as well as a protest about dependency on fossil fuel. It is also a celebration of the human body!
The Scarborough ride will have it's own unique take on the fossil fuels also and is calling for drivers to ditch their diesel cars in particular as their emmisions are 22 times more dangerous and carcenogenic than petrol! Sick of that horrible smell of the car or van in front? 9 times out of 10 it is because it is a diesel! Lets spread the word and help to get these killer DIEsels off the road!
Keep checking back here closer to the time for more info and advice.
See you there, and remember to share!
Route
The route will be announced beforehand, otherwise, simply turn up at the assembly point for details.
Bike Hire
Bikes can be hired from several places in Scarborough, but we'll try to list some recommended hire locations shortly.
Meetings and Events
Planning for the ride currently takes place on the Scarborough WNBR Facebook page
Publicity
The Scarborough ride publicity materials will be provided here for download and distribution.
Scarborough WNBR Planning Group
If you would like to help out with organising the Scarborough ride please contact Alex Liberty at [email protected]. Rides in the UK are normally planned by a collective where possible. It is hoped that Scarborough will follow the example of York, London, Cardiff, and Brighton rides, and adopt the collective style of organisation. This would mean holding open planning meetings where decisions were be taken collectively. Sometimes, a few riders will act as sole organisers until there are enough people involved to arrange meetings.
All UK rides typically have a "ride coordinator" who facilitates the ride planning process whether or not there is a planning collective. Here's what the coordinator normally does:
- 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 follow the discussions at the national level
- provides email updates to let people know what's going on
- points out where and when help is needed
- acts as a contact point for general enquiries (email and sometimes mobile phone)
- maintains contact information (and keeps it secure)
Additional responsibilities that a coordinator may choose to take on:
- arrange meetings, compile agendas, provide minutes
- ensure that the collective remains non-hierarchical but organised
- moderate an email list for Scarborough ride planning
Media coverage
There is always plenty of TV and Radio coverage locally, plus some mention in national media. Here we will provide links to stories which are available on the internet, and apply specifically to Scarborough.
Photos
- Flickr search: "Scarborough naked bike ride" will probably feature photos from any ride that happens in Scarborough.
Links
Websites
- WNBR UK – official site for UK rides
- WNBR Scarborough wiki page – official wiki page for the Scarborough ride (this page!)
Related ride pages
Yahoo 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.
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