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gossa:
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I guess then my girlfriend had design input when I built my sunday as she chose the colour lol
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andy,you make that girl do everthing,lazy a*se.
gossa,do you know the location of the secret riding spot charge use to test bikes then?
priv
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it's near nicks place in somerset, i just tried calling nick to find out but got his answer machine. looks pretty sweet though eh, mud skatepark!
gossa:
priv, nick just called back, that place is near bath but it's private land so unfortunately no access mate. He said the farmer there is a bit of a grumpy bugger too so it might not be worth trying to find it.
Nick said there are currently three of those frames, one in the uk being tested by Lewis Lacey and two in japan made for potential olympic riders.
martin46:
seems i have been misinformed. i was led to believe by my local shop that these were made in the somerset town of radstock. maybe theyr'e just an importer or its where they test them maybe as its not far from bath
:crazy2: should have looked at the the charge website properly before posting.
well at least i live near their test ground so i think i'll have a go at finding that when the weather breaks.
stidds:
Radstock is about 10 miles from Bath, strangely enough I was in both Radstock and Bath today, spooky eh?
gossa:
OK, the full skinny is that Charge is wholly owned by Hot Wheels but the 'face' of the company is Nick Larson. Nick has an office in near Radstock where he designs and samples the bikes but, like almost every other brand in the world, all the bikes are made overseas to get the right mix of quality and price but they are made to Nicks spec which makes them great for Uk riding conditions (burly build, mud clearance etc).
If you do try and hunt that riding spot down, Nick said be careful as it's private land and the owner is a grumpy git!
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