Moved from its normal date this year (to allow London riders to ride twice) the
Brighton (East Sussex) ride is (IMHO) the best ride, both for watching and riding in. A great seaside resort with a very liberal attitude to nudity!
Date:
Sunday 14 June 2009
Time: 12 noon
Location: The Level, Brighton, BN2 3FX
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.sr...05155&z=2&ar=Y
Schedule: Bike/body decoration and lunch from 12 noon, Assembly 1pm, Ride starts 1.30pm, Finishes around 4pm
Route: Route 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.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0...a0ed7 677b1e7
Facebook link
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4616787846
2008 saw over 400 people cycle through the streets of Brighton at Saturday lunchtime. To allow less congestion (because of huge numbers expected) and to allow London riders to take the train to Brighton, Sunday afternoon is the new date.
This ride stops twice (see route map link) allowing even pedestrian spectators to see the ride stationary in at least two places.
In addition, it ends on the famous town 'Nudist Beach' where a party and picnic are planned if the weather is kind. Full nudity is allowed and last year about 30% of the riders went fully naked and almost
every women was at least topless. The ride grew by more than 50, as cyclists stripped off in the street to join in. Brighton is really the UK's San Fransisco
(liberal with a large gay population) so the young people of the city tend to be a trendy crowd, with less inhibitions than most of the UK. Thre is a very student (both UK and visiting language school pupils from overseas) population, so it is often the ride with the lowest average age!
So far (
on Facebook alone!!!!!) over
400 people have said that they will or may attend, twice the level of last year.
For those of you who just want to see some more (original) pics
, here are some from last year...