Sam Nichols

I just had a nose on their site and found this "Britten-Norman currently offers factory refurbished pre-owned Trislanders. The company is also considering options on future new build aircraft." We had a chap from B-N fly through with my old airline when they were celebrating the 40th anniversary of (I think) the Islander and I was sure he mentioned something about making new ones if there was demand. We've got about 10 or 11 Tris in Guernsey and I think 2 Islanders, which I assume is a lot (when you take into account only 70 odd were ever made!)

What is it with Canadians and voice overs?!

Freedom.

side boob

VAT just goes on luxury goods/non-essentials, right? I'm not too clued up on all this since my first home is a tax haven

I was under the impression they would still make them if a minimum of three were ordered?

Vimeo

Ask them to send some new Tris over to Guernsey, the ones we've got are f**king nails.

It's about time you found a decent sponsor like Neonbike.

I'm free every weekend between now and the 20th. (weather permitting!) We still need a guide though (unless Joe has a good memory), and some more people!

I'm 6ft 1 and I feel super comfortable on the fourplay. I can't comment on the hex specifically but I always used to ride 26 and for me making the switch from 26 to 24 was the best thing I ever did. How tall are you? And also, as Adam said it's all about the bar and stem. I've ridden some peoples fourplays and hated them! But mine I love. Jump on a few and try them out is the best way forward. 24 is definitely flickier.

Lets make it happen.

I've never ridden Cambridge but it's only an hour on the train for me so if there are any riders around then I'm definitely in. Let's get a ride going!

Just watched it again and shiiiit that pop-manual to hook just sunk in, that's big!

Reading this thread definitely makes me wonder why I still bother coming on this forum. So many narrow minded people. 1) The bits in that vid that are what some of you like to call 'real trials' blew most of the TGS vids out the water anyway, the effortlessness of them and also the fact that they were placed in the video in such an incidental manner is, as Mark W said earlier, a massive 'lol' to all those of you who thought he could just do spins. (Although, clearly if you had any kind of prior knowledge of trials you would know that Danny has been on the scene for a bit longer than just April 09 and that he can actually do gaps ) 2) I can see what people are saying about the panning. I've watched the video half a dozen times probably and I'm just getting to the stage now where I'm noticing it (up until now all I could see was Danny smashing everything). I think what you have to remember is that we are all pretty accustomed to watching videos that are either static tripod shots or wobbly hand held shots. What you have to remember is that this isn't and amateur web vid, this is a piece of art. The shots are absolutely stunning. I could honestly watch this video without the riding in it and still think it's beautiful. 3) The whole trials/bmx debate is a waste of time. Who cares. The way I see it Danny doesn't ride BMX because he likes riding trials, he is comfortable on his bike and he is having the time of his life. Street trials has always been a bit of a subculture on here, but in the time I've been a member it has been growing and growing. I'm confident it will continue to do so too. Let's be honest with ourselves here too.. Where is trials likely to expand the most.. TGS or Street? Once we can't physically gap any further or sidehop any higher, what then?

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Yeah, I quite agree. I'm expecting some epic locations.

I really hope that tomorrows video will meet my expectations and match the hype.. I somehow think it will deliver all that and more though.. cannae wait!

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeally? Surely this isn't going to happen, who would pay to sit through 3 hours of youtube clips?

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Only advice is to give the guys at TB a ring and see if they have any suggestions, but I wouldn't hold your breath though. It's out of their hands when it comes to postage prices. I had to get some bits delivered to a friend who worked for the same airline as me, he then took it to work and smuggled it onto an airplane for me and I picked it up when it arrived in Guernsey (Just don't tell the feds)

Do you have any friends or family that live on the mainland that can forward it on to you? Sometimes this works out cheaper for Islanders.

Isle of Arran. Just a hunch.

I watched tonights episode and I don't have a f**king clue what happened.