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Have any members of this community taken photos at a WNBR event in the past few years?
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Not been, so no, but – now you come to mention it – nude on/with a bike sounds like a good dare.
(I think @ed’s original post got duplicated. I’ve replied to this one, not the other one.)
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We have got WNBR on the dare list but not cycling on its own.
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I know some community members have taken part in the WNBR. Did no-one take any photos?
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Clearly I must organised getting myself along to one or two of them to grab some photos. It would be good to chat with some people who have taken part too, and write an article about what’s involved (from the point of view of this community’s purpose).
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I’ve been to a couple of Naked Bike rides. There is little to describe about what’s involved. You don’t have to sign up or anything. You just turn up at the starting point which is normally in a city park. Take off your clothes and put them in a rucksack and cycle round town. The only bizarre thing is simply taking your clothes of in a city park which will most likely have gathered the attention of many other clothed people who for some reason take their phones out and start taking photos!
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I’ve heard people say that photography isn’t allowed in the “undressing area” at most of the events.
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I have never heard of a rule that would prohibit photography in the “undressing area”. At least not the one in London.
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I participated in the WNBR in London this year.
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I can’t find the article, but I’ve read the Cardiff event has a screened off area at the start for people to undress, with signs up saying please don’t use cameras in this area.
I would have thought it would encourage more people to take part. If you want to be recorded undressing, just do it outside the screened area.
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It’s probably a bit smaller and more manageable in Cardiff. But in London there are many starting points, and these are mostly in large parks, so a photography ban would be impossible anyway.
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London WNBR has a photo policy page https://wnbrlondon.uk/wnbr-london/need-to-know/photography-policy/ which notes that:
This protest takes place on the streets of London and attracts many professional and amateur photographers and film makers. As such, we are not in a position to enforce policies, conditions or restrictions. As a campaign, we welcome and support positive media coverage. We also recognise that many of the participants want to keep or share their memories. Inevitably, the general public will reach for their camera phones as the ride goes past.
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We do not welcome images of people undressing, dressing or standing around waiting – these miss the point and appear exploitative.
So generally, no specific ban, but a strong discouragement — which indeed is all that’s legally possible in an open area of a public park.
The Croydon start point is different, because unlike most of the other start locations in public parks, this is in the grounds of a private residence:
The location is a gated, private residence, so you will be able to relax and prepare for the ride in privacy. Although supporters and friends are welcome to enjoy the 2 acres of clothing optional gardens, our policy is to deny access to photographers and gawkers.
There is nevertheless an invitation for genuine press photographers to attend the Croydon start and take photos with permission of agreeable subjects and a requirement to obtain model release from them.
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Yes, the Croydon starting point is definitely different from the ones in London. I started at Tower Hill, which is a public park. Besides the roughly one hundred naked cyclists, there were also a lot of people there just to take photos. Some asked if they could take pictures, some didn’t. But in the end, there were so many tourists along the entire route taking pictures of us cycling that it didn’t really matter anymore.
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I’ve been meaning to watch the Cardiff WNBR for the past few years but every time it’s landed on a really bad weekend for me. On one occasion I had flu that weekend and could barely stand up let alone travel into the city. Fingers crossed I can see the 2026 one. It would be great to have a section on the site discussing the WNBR with some photos to illustrate it.
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If you’re doing a section on WNBR, I took some photos in June when I attended in London.
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Cool. I’d appreciate it if you e-mailed them to me, if you don’t mind then being used on the site, to consider for the section.
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We should probably have a WNBR gallery or two.
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That’s a good idea creating a WNBR photo gallery. Hope some other members can also provide some images.
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That would be awesome. It could be good to compare WNBRs from different cities.
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Has anyone else got WNBR photos they have taken themselves?
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Who’s going to this year’s WNBR?
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maybe I’ll go to the one in London in June and Berlin in august
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Don’t forget to take some photos or record some video!
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Yes, I’ll be taking photos and videos again. I even made a video this summer. However, it was removed from YouTube a week ago, supposedly because of sexual content, they said. It’s a shame; it had around 350,000 views.
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