Mannin Bikes

Launch event for the 'Mannin Bikes - A Wheelie Good Cause' initiative at the TT Grandstand

Transcript

00:00We're coming to the launch of our Man in Bikes, a really good cause. Before we start, I'd

00:16like to make a big thank you to Sarah Maltby, to Sarah Lowney and the TT Motorsport team

00:21for helping us to do this today and for helping us come this far with it. As you can see,

00:27when you've all heard of cows, you've all heard of dolphins and you've all heard of

00:31one of these fabulous fundraising events, we've decided to go for racing bikes. And

00:37so, as you can see, these are just two prototypes with our little baby. They're not the final

00:44wrap or whatever, but we just wanted to get them here for you today so you can see where

00:48they're heading and what we're doing. So the idea is that we'd like to sponsorship

00:52to companies within the island and ask them if they'd like to sponsor a bike. And with

00:57that bike, with that sponsorship deal, which you can see, the brochures are all full of

01:01the different deals, they do then get to keep a little baby bike or a half-size bike, whichever

01:08we decide to go for in the end. We envisage that most of the bikes will be actually set

01:14and done in a race livery, so we've got lots of the race teams who are really keen to get

01:19involved on this, and so this is what we're going to do. We're going to have a race bike

01:23and come TT week 2025, in the Mercury Club here at the grandstand, we will then auction

01:30off those racing bikes. And all the money will stay on the island, we're a group of

01:35volunteers, and the money will go towards our Manning Cancer Support Centre in London.