WNBR 2019

[hunter_usa2003]

Here are a few more from London.
Please note that the watermark ghpartypics is my own, and all pictures were taken by myself.
You can see the full set + 18,000 more pics on my flickr stream.
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[crispus]

...but they're coming fast and thick enough that I'm in danger of losing track! Lucy dances at Bristol: youtube.com/watch?v=WQEXsoRWst4

[KevinTroiani]

Originally Posted by terriuk

is wnbr losing its impact, i wonder? It all seemed rather low key, sedate even; I reckoned on maybe 250-ish riders, vast majority male, with little of the buzz that has featured in previous..
No familiar faces seen, and Lucy Muse was at the Bristol ride today, I believe, rather hard to do both!

Noticed more police were visible, though unobtrusive as usual.
Weather was fair, some sun, but a bit cooler as it went on. We were just watching this year, for various reasons- yet to go through pics, though at first look, may need to some editing for brightness / crop the sausage fest out.

When we go to the start, just saw men were getting naked / parading round outside of the corral, but one couple stripping off near the entrance, a few minutes before the off, got quite a bit of attention..

Riders started out through the side fence, which i think caught a lot off guard- usual scrum for pics, as they headed off to bottom lane on the park, then into town..

We caught up on the 2nd leg, when they were coming back along Western Road. All good natured, but far fewer people watching, at the spots we were at.

No takers for a dip in the fountain at Old Steine, that we saw.

One stand out view was 'coffee lady', quite slim with trimmed bush, who walked quite purposefully around at this stage, holding a brew, with no qualms being photographed.

Very tired by this stage, so bugged out for a restaurant. Look forward to seeing what others took / felt about the ride.

Mods - feel free to move this to general discussion if need be. I agree with terriuk, though - this year's Brighton ride was a real anti-climax. The cool weather is likely to blame for the paltry female turn-out. In fact, the majority of girls who did take part seemed to be from Extinction Rebellion, so its association was a good thing after all (many on Facebook had been wary, to say the least).

But yes, my observations were similar to Terri's. Absolutely nothing going on outside the rider's enclosure at the start, a relatively foreboding police/steward presence, and only two or three fully nude girls as the ride got underway (unthinkable a few years back). The beach portion was easily the highlight, with quite a few stripping off completely; and this just about justified a long, long day with the usual hours of waiting around. I'd say today's ride was a smidge better than the 2013 Brighton ride, but weaker than each of the five that followed.

Personally, I wasn't particularly excited about this year's event, either. Having attended my first WNBR ten years ago, they do now feel rather passé, and to an extent, rather repetitive. When the naked bike rides first started in the UK, they were game-changing, but with so many other nudity-related events popping up in the UK now, there are other, more intriguing options out there if you look closely enough.

[nacko2]

First batch from today.

[nacko2]

Some more from seafront.

Pictures from other locations to come over the next few days.

[london_KO]

Brighton’s under performance must surely be attributed to the poor weather forecast in the days leading up to the event ! Me and a couple of other regulars were put off by the 15c / 60f high forecast that was being reported yesterday and we are fairly battle hardened. So you can be sure a lot of other people did the same.

The fact that the weather actually turned out better was largely moot as people probably had made other plans ( a lot of people have to travel to Brighton and aren’t locally based )

[mjh27]

Brighton

[maxdelmax]

looking forward to seeing more this beauty as more Brighton pics come along

from this account: flickr.com/photos/50786588@N02/albums/72157709004538136

the photog's report on this girl:
"She rode topless and was the only one of her group of three similarly clad ladies to go nude on her beach. I think this ladies experience of photographers might have been an influence on their decision not to take a dip"

[maxdelmax]

new ones from London from the same shooter. these include my favorite girl of the ride so far (pics 1-6) - I think it's in part because she just really doesn't seem like she's comfortable being completely naked in public ( the other part being that she's really cute!). In the pics we saw earlier in the park, and here as she leaves the park, she still has her panties on. But I think the next two catch the moment that she took them off and kept going (I included one repost to get the full transition).

Really all 3 of these girls were stars this year.

This shooter has provided fantastic pics for years now: flickr.com/photos/boutique_studio/albums/72157708992539407/with/48031029206/

[staypuftbr]

Originally Posted by maxdelmax

new ones from London from the same shooter. these include my favorite girl of the ride so far (pics 1-6) - I think it's in part because she just really doesn't seem like she's comfortable being completely naked in public ( the other part being that she's really cute!). In the pics we saw earlier in the park, and here as she leaves the park, she still has her panties on. But I think the next two catch the moment that she took them off and kept going (I included one repost to get the full transition).

Really all 3 of these girls were stars this year.

This shooter has provided fantastic pics for years now: flickr.com/photos/boutique_studio/albums/72157708992539407/with/48031029206/

the first one have been last year too... but a little bit hidden