People in Newcastle took part in a naked bike ride (Picture: North News)

In case you missed it, there was yet another naked bike ride yesterday.

This time Newcastle took part in the event with people riding through the city centre with nought but their helmets on display.

Family ordered to pull down memorial to dead relativePeople cycled for various reasons – to promote safer cycling, in protest at climate change, or to make drivers more aware of their existence.

John Cossham, who has completed 15 naked bike rides over ten years, was acting as the steward for the group.


He said: ‘If we call this a fancy dress bike ride, no one will take notice. But if we call it a naked bike ride it gets people’s attention.

They were told to obey the highway code (Picture: North News)

Some people looked a little concerned by what was happening (Picture: North News)

Really concerned (Picture: North News)

‘When you are naked you feel vulnerable and it is saying we, as cyclists, are this vulnerable.



‘We are equal when we are naked. You can’t tell who is on £3,000 a year and who is on £25,000 a year. You can’t tell if someone is a judge or if they have just come out of prison.

Premier League footballer’s secret affair with transgender glamour model’I have been a cyclist since 1971, I love my bike and I lead a low carbon lifestyle. I don’t have a car. I think carefully about my carbon footprint.

‘It is the best way to get around. I have got good legs, a good heart and I exercise regularly.

‘We need safer roads. We need a metre between a cyclist and a car. People will see me coming if I am naked why can’t they see me when I have my hi viz on?’

It’s the first time the event’s been held in Newcastle (Picture: North News)

People had various different reasons for taking part in the naked bike ride (Picture: North News)

The bike ride, which started at 1.45pm, involved cyclists riding through Newcastle’s city centre to the Quayside where they finished at the iconic Millennium Bridge.

During the ride there was a two minute silence at the Bigg Market in which cyclists stopped, lay down their bikes and stood silently.

Transgender athletes could represent Team GB in Rio OlympicsThey did this as if looking down on a rider who was killed on the road in front of them as a respect to all cyclists killed on the roads.

Mark Hurrell, 43, from South Shields, South Tyneside, is the lead organiser for the Newcastle/Gateshead world naked bike ride.

Mark said: ‘This is the first time it has been done in Newcastle. It’s important as we need to make a call for safer cycling conditions.

‘It’s a bare as your dare, it is completely legal. I hope it will make a difference. Even if just one driver gives a cyclist just a little more space then we have done a good job.’