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For me, this will be the first time, since I think the second year of the NBR, I won't be able to attend either London or Brighton, for personal reasons.

Something that strikes me looking through the pictures - great as they are - is that they just don't - can't - capture the experience of taking part. Massed bike rides are amazing enough (and beat solo commuting though rush hour traffic anyday), but add to that the exhilaration of being naked, everyone around you being naked and the people you pass (esp those not expecting anything like this) enjoying it hugely. It's a lovely great daft event, worth being part of. Everyone grins, laughs, dances.

If you are thinking of getting the tube in tomorrow with your SLR, leave it at home. Sling a pocket or bridge camera around your neck, take your bike, and take part. Seriously, doing it is far better than any number of image files on memory cards afterwards. The forum may be poorer, but you won't regret the decision.