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2008
Post-ride coverage
- SmartPlanet, 9 Jun 2008: "Do naked cyclists make cycling safer?" by Adam Vaughan
- The Sun, 9 Jun 2008: "Cyclists strip off for the World Naked Bike Ride"
- Sunday Sport, 8 Jun 2008, page 29: "Just nipping out on me bike!"
- Daily Star Sunday, 8 Jun 2008, page 2: "Bike riders drop gear..."
- ITV Local YourNews, 7 Jun 2008: "World Naked Bike Ride in Brighton" (video clip)
- BBC News, 7 Jun 2008: "Naked riders take to city streets"
- The Sun, 7 Jun 2008: "Naked cyclists green protest" by Jenny Eagle (includes photos)
- Telegraph, 7 Jun 2008: "Naked cyclists take to the streets of Brighton today in World Naked Bike Ride" by Sofia Diogo Mateus
- The Argus, 7 Jun 2008: "Naked ambition" (video)
- The Argus, 7 Jun 2008: "Bikers in the buff" by Miles Godfrey
- NowPublic, 7 Jun 2008: "Around the world, naked, on a bike - the first leg"
- Biggleswade Today, 7 Jun 2008: "Naked cyclists take to the streets"
Pre-ride coverage
- Radio Reverb, 5 Jun 2008, ~4.30pm: Jeff Hemmings interviews Duncan Blinkhorn
- BBC Southern Counties radio, 5 Jun 2008, 12.10pm: Gordon Astley interviews Duncan Blinkhorn (MP3 recording coming soon...)
- Echo (Southend), 4 Jun 2008: "Bare-faced cheek of nude cycle rider Mark"
- Echo (Southend), 4 Jun 2008: "Grin and bare it"
- Radio Reverb, 3 Jun 2008, 1.30pm (repeated 2am!): Sean Creed interviews Duncan Blinkhorn (MP3 recording coming soon...)
- The Argus, 2 Jun 2008: "Naked cyclists prepare for Brighton pedal"
- The Insight, Jun 2008 (The Sport Issue), p10: "Things we like this month: Naked Bike Ride" (short mention with photo)
- Kemptown Rag, Issue 45, 23 May 2008: "World Naked Bike Ride" (PDF edition)
- The Argus, 1 May 2008: "Naked cyclists to hit Brighton"
- The Argus, 12 Apr 2008: In the green room with... "Nick Sayers, Gonzo green cycle ride organiser"
- BBC Southern Counties radio, 7 Apr 2008: Gordon Astley interviews Nick Sayers (MP3 recording)
- Bricycles newsletter, Issue 76, Apr-Jun, Page 14: "Brighton Naked Bike Ride"
- The Insight, Apr 2008 (The Green Issue), p18: "The A to Z of being green" (mention of WNBR under C for cycling)
2007
Post-ride coverage
- The Argus, Letters, 8 Jul 2007: "Naked nuisance"
- The Argus, Letters, 6 Jul 2007: "Rag editor ignored complaints" (controversy continues over Kemptown Rag cover)
- The Argus, Letters, 5 Jul 2007: "Brought to bare"
- The Argus, Letters, 4 Jul 2007: "Starkers raving mad"
- The Argus, 2 Jul 2007: "Obscene rag sparks outcry" (moral outrage after WNBR Brighton appears on the front page of the Kemptown Rag)
- Carbusters magazine, Issue 31, Jul-Sep 2007, Page 12: "World Naked Bikeride (sic)"
- Bricycles Newsletter, Jul-Sep 2007, Page 3: "World naked bike ride – Paul Tofts rides the perfect urban bike trip" (PDF edition)
- New Currents magazine, Jul 2007, Page 18: "Brighton is really green" (brief mention of Brighton ride)
- The Argus, Letters, 29 Jun - 1 Jul 2007: "Just what is the naked truth exactly?" (letter published with photo of riders at the Level)
- Kemptown Rag, 22 Jun 2007, page 11: "Naked ambition" (PDF edition)
- The Argus, Letters, 20 Jun 2007: "Naked bikers should dress up and grow up"
- The Argus, Letters, 19 Jun 2007: "The bare facts"
- The Argus, Letters, 18 Jun 2007: "The police got on their bikes"
- The Argus, Letters, 17 Jun 2007: "The natural cycle of events"
- The Argus, Letters, 14 Jun 2007: "Points to bare in mind" (from former councillor Joyce Edmond-Smith)
- Mid Sussex Times, 13 Jun 2007: "Former naturist tackles naked bike ride"
- The Argus, Letters, 12 Jun 2007: "Wheely brave or disgusting?" (from Jo Heard)
- The Argus, 11 Jun 2007: "Brave cyclists get naked to promote greener transport" (video news bulletin)
- Sunday Sport, 10 Jun 2007, p13: "Forget the Isle of Man superbikes, it’s... the TiT race!"
- News Of The World, 10 Jun 2007, p39: "Cycle belles"
- Sunday Times, 10 Jun 2007, p10: "Top scientists say biofuels are a scam" (printed edition includes photo of two women from Brighton ride)
- AP Article Environmentalists shed clothes in UK (reprinted in various locations)
- NOS Journaal, 9 Jun 2007: "Naakt fietsen in Brighton" (video in Dutch)
- Daily Mail, 9 Jun 2007: "Bike riders strip-down for the environment"
- Sky News, 9 Jun 2007: "News In Pictures: Naked Cyclists"
- BBC News, 9 Jun 2007: "Naked riders promote pedal power"
Pre-ride coverage
- Rocks magazine, Jun 2007, page 4: "Bums akimbo"
- The Guardian, 29 May 2007: "Naked bike ride gets police nod" by Paul Lewis
- The Argus, 25 May 2007: "Now naked cyclists can protest in city without the fear of arrest" – comments
- The Argus, 17 May 2007 (printed 18 May): "Naked cyclists risk arrest for protest" – comments
- The Argus, 14 May 2007 (printed 15 May): "Cyclists gear up for naked ride"
- H&E Naturist, Apr 2007: "Socks appeal" (p44, in Nudes, Prudes and Attitudes section)
- The Guardian, 7 Mar 2007: "Ride on" (article on cycling in Brighton, with a short mention of the Naked Bike Ride)
- Rocks magazine, Mar 2007 (Home Sweet Home issue), page 5: "Cyclists bear it in protest"
2006
Post-ride coverage
- Bricycles Newsletter, Issue 70, Oct-Dec 2006, Page 8: "One more look at the Naked Bike Ride" (PDF edition)
- Latest 7 magazine, 5-11 Jul 2006, page 13: "Naked Bike Ride"
- Bricycles Newsletter 69, Jul-Sep 2006: "World Naked Bike Ride" (see PDF)
- Rough Music, Jul/Aug 2006 (Issue 11): "Saddle sore"
- Rocks magazine, Jul 2006, page 4: "Nudes are in the news..."
- New Currents magazine, Jul 2006, page 9: "World Naked Bike Ride"
- The Argus, Letters, 30 Jun 2006: "Group nudity in public cannot shock" (published with photo)
- The Argus, Letters, 28 Jun 2006: "Naked rioting?"
- The Argus, Letters, 27 Jun 2006: "Ungentlemanly"
- The Argus, Letters, 23 Jun 2006: "Naked bike police put me in their van" (published with photo)
- The Argus, Letters, 22 Jun 2006: "Breach of the peace is a crime"
- The Argus, Letters, 21 Jun 2006: "Bottoms up to naked cyclists" (published with photo)
- Metro (Ireland), Letters, 21 Jun 2006: "Brighton was once a great town"
- The Argus, Letters, 17-18 Jun 2006: "Bad policing is laid bare by protest" (published with photo)
- The Argus, Letters, 14 Jun 2006: "Cyclists ride bareback for safety protest", by Bruno Beloff (published with photo)
- The Argus, 12 Jun 2006: "Cyclists bare all for greener living"
- Sunday Sport, 11 Jun 2006: "Tour de pants!"
- The People, 11 Jun 2006: "Hot (86°) Wheels"
- The Observer, 11 Jun 2006: "Cyclists warned to spare Brighton's blushes"
- News Of The World, 11 Jun 2006: "Bicycling 2 abreast"
- The Mail On Sunday, 11 Jun 2006: "Look... no Lycra"
- The Independent, 11 Jun 2006, Last-Minute News: "Naked cyclists taking part in..."
- Daily Star, 11 Jun 2006: "Bike nudes 'too rude'"
- SexTingles newsletter, Jun 2006: "Spotlight on the World Naked Bike Rides"
- Article with photos: "World Naked Bike Ride"
- Longer article at The Nude Café: "The World Naked Bike Ride Experience"
Television and radio
- BBC Radio 5 Live
- BBC Southern Counties radio
- Cookham Summer FM: Sara-Lise Howe reports from the Brighton and London 2006 rides (MP3, 3.6MB) – Photos of the news team: [1], [2]
- ITV Local Meridian (internet)
- ITV Meridian South
- Juice 107.2 FM
- Radio HeyNow – Polish radio station in the UK
- Radio Reverb
- Southern FM
Pre-ride coverage
- Daily Telegraph, 10 Jun 2006: "Naked cyclists forced to cover up"
- SchNEWS, issue 547, 9 Jun 2006: "Love handle(bar)s" (issue 547 available as a PDF)
- The Argus, 7 Jun 2006: "Riders cover up 'rude bits'"
- Bike For All News, 5 Jun 2006: "Brighton's bobbies want rude bits hidden"
- Bike For All News, 3 Jun 2006: "Nude cycling: no seams to rub makes it more comfy than you'd think"
- 3Sixty magazine, Jun 2006, page 14: "Nudists gear up for good ride" (PDF edition available on the downloads page)
- Rocks magazine, Jun 2006 (The Green Issue), page 4: "It's time to get your kit off"
- G Scene magazine, Jun 2006 (PDF edition, 8.4MB), page 10: "Naked bike ride"
- 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'"
