Sam Nichols

Less talk, more action DO IT This is really bizarre.. I'm not sure whether I'm flattered that you dream about me at night or whether I'm going to consider having a panic room installed in my house. For the record though, I definitely do not have rubbish short dreadlocks, or indeed any dreadlocks full stop!

EIGHTYPSI New blog, new video.

Eightypsi Matt Purdon (Skoze) and myself have a new blog for 2012. Pure street, banter, bails and extra curricular activities. First update is last weekends Southend & London ride. (Video by Matt.)

That was a funky edit, some nice camerawork in there. A generous helping of male toplessness is always a bonus. The end was pretty abrupt though, maybe a fade in the music would have worked better.

Fuuuuuuck!

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I'll start by saying I wasn't satisfied. I mean sure, the riding was really smooth, it was clear you put a lot of effort into the lines, the edit was really slick, the bike looked sick, there was a good mix of gnarliness and technical razzmatazz and it made me super pumped about this spring/summers riding and filming... But, it was over way too quick. I would have preferred it if the video was at least 5 times as long. What's even worse is that there won't be another brakeless one until next year?! You're such a tease.

The stoppie across that picnic bench was cool.

I can't work out where the video is!

The whole father son combo is seriously cool. It'll be really good if you keep the videos rolling out every so often as you both improve. It's nice to watch videos where you can see the rider's progression. Definitely stick with the father son deal in your videos, it's awesome.

I genuinely thought this was just a really well coordinated pisstake, was shocked when the code actually worked! I've got a harmonica on the way haha

I literally can't think of a single thing I want/need. I can't even find anything stupid to waste £5 on!

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Pretty surprised to see this video on The Come Up. No hating either which surprised me even more!

Awesome awesome awesome edit!!

Holy shit! I can't make out properly on my phone; brakeless hop to manual gap?

If you spray a thick layer of lacquer over your rim after you've given it a decent grind you'll find it lasts much much longer.

I'm going to buy a dog a throw it under a car so I can get laid.

The kind of weird twitchy convulsions your mum does when I donkey punch her.

I'll come but only if I can be big spoon..

Does anybody else think that helmet cam/frame cam/fork cam/bar cam/ballsack cam is nowhere near as cool as everyone thinks it is? I'm directing this more at the biking world really. I think there is a time and a place for this kind of equipment; like the wingmen dudes hurtling down the side of mountains and shit like that. It was always pretty cool on 'Fun House' too. Other than that, I think it looks pretty whack. I was trying to think back to the first time I saw this kind of footage and I think the first trialsy use I ever saw was in Evolve... And it's probably my least favourite bit of Evolve. As far as I can tell, if you ride trials then you appreciate what's going on and you want to see the whole move from a detached view so you can see exactly what line is being ridden. If you don't ride trials, then you don't want to see a helmet cam shot because trials just isn't gnarly enough to make that kinda thing look good. Gimmicky shit like this always seems to really kick off in the big wheel world. Discuss...

Did I mention that the Skye is the f**king tits?

Violets aren't blue. Jus' sayin'.