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Join us for a naked lunch, a seaside bike ride in the buff, a paddle in the sea and a naturist beach picnic!
Every year since 2006, Brighton has joined World Naked Bike Rides around the world to celebrate cycling and the human body. The ride demonstrates the vulnerability of cyclists on the road and is a protest against car culture.
Brighton's seventh World Naked Bike Ride will take place on Sunday 10 June 2012. Rain and wind meant a lower turnout in 2011, but we still managed 300 riders. An astonishing 800-1,000 riders took part in 2010 (up from 700, 400, 180 and 160 in previous years). Many more are expected in 2012. As of the 2007 ride, following negotiations with Sussex Police, full nudity is permitted at the event.
The event will form the finale to a weekend of UK and worldwide rides, including nearby Portsmouth, Southampton and London, which will allow people to take part in four southern rides.
The ride forms part of local and national Bike Week. It also celebrates Brighton's status as a Cycle Demonstration Town.
If you're interested in riding or getting involved, please join our Yahoo! discussion group. You can also sign up to our event listings at Facebook and Upcoming.
Please donate to the WNBR UK Fund
The UK World Naked Bike Ride fund meets the cost of insuring rides
across the UK, and provides local organisers with money for
poster/flyer printing, advertising, ride equipment etc.
Please give generously.
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Next ride
Date: Sunday 10 June 2012
Time: 12 noon
Location: Preston Park (note change of start location), Preston Road, Brighton, BN1 6DT
Ride details
Schedule
Food and drinkPlease make sure you're well-fed at the start of the ride. If necessary, bring lunch to eat at the Level, plus snacks and water for the ride. Bike and body decorationPlease bring decorations and body paint RouteRoute map showing start, end and rest points The route goes via central Brighton and Hove, past a number of local attractions (Brighton Pier, The Royal Pavilion, the seafront etc), before finishing at Black Rock naturist beach where we can have a post-ride swim and picnic. WeatherCheck local weather at the following sites: |
Getting thereIf you live out of town, please try to use sustainable transport to get to the start of the ride (eg: train, bus, car share, bio-diesel or electric vehicle). Please note that most buses don't take bikes (apart from folding bikes). You can check various options at:
Bike hireIf you haven't got a bike, the following shops are offering 10% discounts on the day of the event to people who quote 'Brighton Naked Bike Ride':
AccommodationIf you're taking part in the ride, and need somewhere to stay in Brighton for the weekend of the event, £10 discounts are available at the Ambassador Hotel. Just make an online booking, enter the voucher code NAKEDBIKE11, and you'll get £10 off any booking between 10-13 June 2011. The hotel's blog also has information on what's happening in the city. |
Publicity
2012 flyers and posters available soon...
Pre-ride events
Springtime Skinny Dip
Saturday 14 April 2012, 7pm–9pm
Prince Regent pool, Church Street, Brighton, BN1 1YA (map)
Clothes-optional swim at the Prince Regent pool in central Brighton
presented by the Brighton Naked Bike Ride
Full details available on Facebook and Eventbrite
Posters and flyers available — please print and distribute!
Tickets £3 advance / £5 on door (under-16s free, accompanied by adult)
Available from:
- Eco Logic Cool shop, 46 Sydney Street
- Online at edgeoftime.co.uk/bnbr
All proceeds to Brighton Naked Bike Ride and related events.
Planning meetings
Planning meetings to discuss this ride will take place at least once a month in the months leading up to the ride, starting in January. Please come along if you'd like to get involved!
For further information, see Upcoming
Post-ride events
Post ride beach picnic
Sun 10 June 2012, approx 3.30pm/4m (after the Brighton ride)
Black Rock naturist beach, Kemp Town, Brighton
There will be a swim and beach picnic at the end of the Brighton ride.
Please bring food and drink to share.
Midsummer Skinny Dip 2012
Sat 30 June 2012, 7.30pm–10.30pm
Pells Pool, Brook Street, Lewes, BN7 2BA (map)
Fourth annual clothes-optional open-air swim, social and picnic
presented by the Brighton Naked Bike Ride planning group
Tickets £3 advance / £5 on door (under-16s free, accompanied by adult)
T-shirts also available priced at £8
All proceeds to Brighton Naked Bike Ride and related events
For further information, see Upcoming or Facebook -->
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. For more information on what to bring etc, visit the Joining a ride page.
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.
Media coverage, Photos, Video, History
See media coverage, photos, video and history pages.
Links
A list of links related to this ride is also maintained at the Brighton Naked Bike Ride Yahoo! group.
More information on the Brighton & Hove ride is available at:
Website/s
- Brighton Naked Bike Ride wiki site (this page!)
- Brighton Naked Bike Ride (official site)
Discussion group/s
- Brighton Naked Bike Ride Facebook group (join us!)
- Brighton Naked Bike Ride Facebook page (become a fan!)
- Brighton Naked Bike Ride Yahoo! group
- WNBR UK Yahoo! group
Endorsements
The following Brighton bike organisations have sponsored our flyers and provided other support:
- Bike For Life: Cycle confidence training
- The Bike's The Business: Bike courier company
- Cranks: DIY bike workshop
- G-Whizz Cycles: Hove second-hand cycle emporium and workshop
We are also supported and endorsed by:
- Green Van Hire: Provided a grass-covered, bio-diesel support van on the 2009 ride (and plan to do so again in 2010)
- Magpie Recycling: Brighton recycling cooperative who will be providing their bio-diesel flatbed truck for the 2010 ride
- Press Dispensary: Press agency that produced and distributed our press releases
- Vinylla: Brighton fetish club night
Listings
- AA
- Bike Events
- Bike For Life
- Bike Hub
- Bike Week
- Brighton & Hove Council: events diary, annual outdoor events
- Brighton Activist
- Brighton Green Pages
- British Cycling
- Eventbrite
- Festival Eye
- Free-events.co.uk
- Green Events
- SchNEWS Party & Protest Guide
- Sustrans
- Transition Brighton & Hove
- Upcoming
- View Brighton
- Where Can We Go
- What's On When
- Yahoo! group: Brighton Naked Bike Ride (also on home page)
Related rides
Related interest groups
See the Related Interest Groups section of the Brighton Naked Bike Ride Yahoo! group. Please add links here to sites that you think are appropriate.
Location information
- Maps of Brighton & Hove: Streetmap.co.uk / ViaMichelin / Google Maps
- Wikipedia: Brighton & Hove
- Wikipedia: Brighton
- Wikipedia: Hove
- Wikipedia: East Sussex
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