Brighton’s naked bike ride was posted on porn sites (Picture: NTI)

A video of a group of cyclists taking part in a naked bike ride has been uploaded onto porn sites xhamster.com and dirtypornvids.com.

The video that shows footage from different sections of the route of the family event in Brighton was posted on the explicit site last week.

In four days the 39 minute clip was viewed more than 37,000 times on the porn sites in the public nudity category.

Duncan Blinkhorn, organiser of the annual Brighton Naked Bike Ride that has over 1,000 naturist cyclists each year, said he hoped this would not put people off taking part.


He said: ‘It’s not the association we want with the ride.



MORE: Now David Cameron’s AUNT has criticised Tory cuts

People taking part in the Brighton Naked Bike Ride in 2014 (Picutre: Alamy)

‘We want to be promoting environmental issues, the event is meant to be fun, it’s about body confidence and celebrating the human body, as well as the city and cycling.

‘A lot of people who come on the ride wouldn’t want images to be used in that way.

‘It’s not particularly helpful for the ride as the event is not sexual and it’s not what we want it to be associated with.

‘Many of the people who take part are relaxed about how images are shared on social media but would not been too keen on this use.

MORE: There’s no such thing as a healthy tan, warns expert

‘It’s a bit of fun and great was to celebrate cycling and freedom, so we wouldn’t want that association putting people off getting involved.’

The video was uploaded on Friday by a user who says he is a 59-year-old man with a fetish for ‘legs, feet, stockings and tights. I like women, men and transsexuals’ on his profile.

Duncan added: ‘It is of course public nudity, we are very open about that, but it is not in a sexual way, we want to promote green issues and encourage people to be confident about who they are and the feedback we get each year is very positive.

‘Images get used in all sort of ways, we are not fully in control of what images people take at the event and then what they do with them.

‘The footage is fairly innocuous, there’s nothing particularly sexual or pornographic, just people riding around the course.’

The Brighton ride, which has been going for over ten years, is one of 70 cities around the world, including about 15 in the UK, where naked bike rides are held.

As many as 1,000 riders take part each year and the same number are expected to attend this summer on June 12.