In Pictures: Mayor Of London’s Sky Ride

By · September 6, 2010 at 12:00 pm · No comments · Miscellaneous · Report an error ·

A reported 85,000 cyclists converged on central London yesterday for the fourth annual Mayor of London’s Sky Ride.

This being a bike-related event in London, it attracts not just hefty corporate branding (the event was renamed from last year’s “Skyride”, presumably to give the sponsor even more attention) but a slop of celebrity intrigue too. Hence while the likes of Chris Hoy are obviously welcome, it’s less encouraging to to have somebody like Kelly Brook involved. However, all becomes clear when we learn from Adam Bienkov that she has been named “ambassador for cycling”. She showed up to the launch suitably attired in tight jeans and vertiginous heels, mugging for the cameras with the Mayor.

Still, most of the crowd won’t have been bothered, and will simply have taken the chance to enjoy a traffic-free ride through the city without having to get involved in the murky politics of Critical Mass.

Many thanks to the photographers for adding their pics to the Londonist Flickrpool.

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  • http://www.google.com/profiles/thepuzzler Puzzler

    Great fun and friendly people.

    Many thanks to all the volunteers, even on the cycle superhighways on the way home afterwards.

  • http://undefined Andrey

    It was a nice event.

    The only confusing thing was related to traffic lights. Why didn’t they switched traffic lights completely? Though there were people with “Go/Stop” signs, the traffic lights were also present and in many cases cyclists had to cycle on red signal of traffic lights which isn’t good practise and was confusing and stopping many people.

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