Watch 200 people ride bikes NAKED around city centre in bizarre annual event.18+

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Hundreds of naked bike enthusiasts have swarmed through Manchester city centre in a mass show of cycling solidarity.

At 7pm on Friday the crowd of bare bikers left All Saints Park on Oxford Road to streak through the city streets – causing crowds of onlookers to stop and stare open-mouthed,

To wolf-whistles and car horns the crowd of male and female cyclists – some with environmental slogans emblazoned across their backs – rode around the city centre before heading back to where they began.

The bizarre annual event, part of World Naked Bike Ride Day, is now in its ninth year.

Organiser Sean Fitton said there were more than 200 participants for the 2014 event – double last year's turnout.

“It was amazing,” he told the MEN.

“There were a lot more people here so it was just huge. Nice weather certainly helped for a start.

“I didn't do that much promotion so there must have been an awful lot of word of mouth going on.