Brighton & Hove
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The World Naked Bike Ride in Brighton & Hove is being planned to take place in the morning of Saturday 10 June 2006. 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.
STOP PRESS! — If you attend this ride, you must bring coverings for your "rude bits" (Sussex Police terminology!) or risk arrest for Public Order offences. For more information, please read our latest press release
See also: Brighton & Hove planning notes
Next ride
Date: Saturday 10 June 2006
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
9am: Body painting and genitals covering workshop. Please bring body paints and materials (elastic, card, scissors, staplers etc).
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 plan is currently being finalised. It should go via Brighton and Hove, past a number of local attractions (Brighton Pier, The Royal Pavilion, the seafront etc), before finishing 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
- The Argus, 24 Apr 2006: "Cyclists strip for a naked protest"
- Virtual Brighton Magazine, 23 Apr 2006: "World Naked Bike Ride gets Brighton 'as bare as you dare'"
- 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"
- The Argus, 7 Jun 2006: "Riders cover up 'rude bits'"
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
Related links
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 – 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
