A thousand cyclists are expected to “dare to bare” at this year’s eighth annual naked bike ride.

The Brighton ride is one of 50 places around the world where the cheeky ride will take place on Sunday.

The ride celebrates pedal-powered transport as a solution to pollution and the shortage of fossil fuels.

Organiser Duncan Blinkhorn said: “It is exciting to see the progress being made across the city to enable more people to lighten up and get on their bikes.

“With new cycle lanes along Old Shoreham Road and Lewes Road, improvements to junctions including Seven Dials, cycle contra-flows in North Laine, and 20mph speed limits, Brighton and Hove is showing other towns and cities what can be achieved.

“World Naked Bike Ride is the ultimate safety-in-numbers experience.

“We demonstrate that even with the vulnerability of being naked, together we can feel confident and have great fun cycling in the city.

“Research shows that if more people cycle, the safer and more confident they become on the road.”

Participants are invited to gather at Preston Park from noon on Sunday before setting off for a nine mile “naked sightseeing” protest ride around the city. The event has been cleared with Sussex Police.

Alice Pickering, the co-founder of Cranks community DIY bike workshop, will be joining the ride for the first time this year.

She said: “I’m looking forward to riding bikes together in the buff. It looks like an amazingly liberating and humanising activity.”