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Northern exposure this year!

Welcome to the Manchester WNBR official webpages.

Yes, the 2007 World Naked Bike Ride in Manchester is happening! It will be Manchester's second ride after a warm and friendly first time in 2006 WNBR global protest.

Questions? Contact Meg 07896 347 196 or e-mail manchester [at] worldnakedbikeride [dot] org

It helps to get an idea of numbers if you register your intent to participate in this ride by filling in the Registration form at the main World Naked Bike Ride site.

Next ride

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Date: Friday 8 June 2007
Time: 6pm (for 7pm departure)
Location: Assemble inside The Basement, 24 Lever Street, Manchester, M1 1DZ/1DW? (off Piccadilly Gardens) – see map

About the 2007 Ride

Venue Problem

NOTE: There was a terrible fire that made national news at the start of May and ravaged a building adjacent to The Basement. The Basement has been evacuated while structural repairs take place. We are currently looking for a new venue nearby to The Basement for the indoors assembly before the ride. If we can't find one, we'll just assemble outside The Basement. Check here for updates.

Assembly location plan

We hope to be indoors at an alternate but very nearby venue from 6pm to 7pm. We might show be showing films (including last year's ride), and hopefully we'll provide a safe, camera-free space to do bodypainting/costuming (just like last year). Whether or not we have an alternate indoor venue, you can come to the traditional assembly point at The Basement, 24 Lever Street (off Piccadilly Gardens). We'll either provide directions to the new indoor location, or we'll assemble there in the street. Come with your body and/or bike painted and/or decorated. Bring some professional non-oil body paints (that wash off with water) if you have them. At 7pm we'll hit the streets of Manchester on our beautiful bikes. If you have roller blades, skateboards or other (non-carbon emitting) wheels feel free to use them. Be prepared to carry all your clothes, bags, and materials with you on the ride.

Duration

The ride will take about an hour most likely.

Dress Code

The police have ok'ed the ride, so be ready to ride as bare as you dare. If you want to go for some kind of costume, think carnivalesque and really go to town, colourful and eye-catching. It's alot of fun, the people of Manchester loved us last year.

Photography

Manchester prefers riders rather than photographers. Rider-photographers are OK but we will be using the London photography policy unless posted otherwise.

Directions

How to find the basement? Plug in the postcode M1 1DW into mapping websites (eg- Here's how to find it with Multimap).

Publicise the ride

Please help get the word out about this ride. Circulate leaflets. These may be available for collection from a central Manchester location (TBC) or you can download and print them at home.

Get Involved

If you want to get more actively involved in the ride, please join the yahoo groups -

General UK rides announcements and discussion and/or Manchester ride planning.

Other UK rides

For additional information, see the website pages for the UK and United Kingdom Wiki pages]. The Brighton ride is on the Wiki pages Brighton & Hove. Also there are websites for the York ride and London ride. Additionally, there is a page for the film by Johnny Zapatos and a general Press info page for all UK rides.

Media coverage 2006

Links

Website/s

See also United Kingdom page

Discussion group/s

  • WNBR Manchester Yahoo! group for people interested in helping to organise the ride.
  • WNBR UK Yahoo! group for Announcements and discussion of all UK rides.

See also United Kingdom page

Location information

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