CSG UK wins industry Bike Distributor award.

The annual Bike Biz magazine awards were held at the Hilton metropole hotel in Birmingham last night ahead of the  Cycle Show which opens at the NEC today.

CSG UK had been nominated for 2 awards but walked away with the coveted "Bike Distributor of the year" award. 

Voted for by an independant panel of over 50 industry judges makes the Bike Biz awards something unique in the UK and each award is highly prized.

"We are very proud of all our staff who've worked hard to help make CSG UK  the best Bike distributor in the UK. Being recognised by the Bike Biz awards thanks to the combination of continuously improving our level of service and commitment to the IBD market is proof that this approach is paying off."  Neil Merry, joint MD, CSG UK.

 

 

 

 

Cannondale Jekyll video - Aidan Bishop

Aidan has just piloted his new Jekyll Alloy 3 to victory at round 5 of the UK Gravity Enduro Series in Afan. Check out this video of Aidan hitting up his local woods.

 

 

GT Racing UK have a National Champion!

Dave Henderson has retained his Scottish National XC Champions title in a hard fought race at Drumlanrig castle. Congratulations Dave, a well deserved result. 

"The iconic venue of Drumlanrig castle hosted this weekend`s Scottish XC Mountain Bike Championships. Drumlanrig is famous for its slippy roots and is favoured by many riders as a true XC mountain bike course. With heavy rain during the week the Saturday pre-ride with team mate Gareth, was soggy to say the the least. However by race day the course was drying out although still plenty to catch you out!

After a good warm up I made my way to the start line. I took the lead early on with Grant Ferguson and Rab Wardell coming with me. Going into the 2^nd lap it was just Grant and I.  In the 3^rd lap , Grant opened up a slight gap and I fought to get back up onto his wheel and we were back together for the 4^th lap before the attacks started in the 5^th. I managed to get away towards the end of last lap and held on to take the Scottish Champs title 2011! Grant gave me a great race after just getting back from achieving a 4^th in the World Champs at Champery on the Thursday.

Team mate Gareth finished 4th in his first race back after breaking his collar bone. Successfully defending the title was a goal for me in 2011 and means a lot to me during what has been a mixed season."

 

Eurobike collaborations - Knog x Charge

The second instalment of our Eurobike collaborations comes from Knog.

For Knog we made 3 different bikes. A brand new Scissor, a Plug 3 and a Hob with an awesome paint job!

The Scissor

Matching Bucket saddle, Masher chain and pedals.

Subliminal head-tube graphic

Custom Charge Griddle grip next to some stylish Knog kit.

The Plug 3, the 3 stands for the fact this bike features 3 gears via a Sturmey Archer hub.

Kitted out.

And with it’s Brooks saddle.

The Hob – told you the paint job was special!

No-one’s nickin this one.

Moustachio!

 

Eurobike collaborations - Oakley x Charge

We were very lucky this year to be invited to create some special, one off bikes, to be displayed at Eurobike on the stands of our friends at Oakley and Knog. Today you get to see the 2 bikes we gave the custom treatment too for Oakley, come back tomorrow to check out the Knog bikes!

1 of 2 custom Charge Plug 3 x Oakley models featuring custom kit from Charge, Oakley B1B grips and a Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub.

 

David with the bike he’ll be taking on the streets of Zurich with.

In all it’s glory on the Oakley stand at Eurobike.

New head-tube graphic.

Rare Oakley B1B re-issue grips.

Custom red perforated leather Charge Spoon saddle.

And in yellow!

More colour coordinated Oakley B1B grips.

 

Charge Bikes - Eurobike people

Eurobike is full of weird and wonderful people, mostly wonderful thankfully as all have a common interest in bikes for one reason or another. What follows are a series of photo’s taken from our stand from passers by who stopped in their tracks to enjoy the carousel.

The many faces of people checking out the stand.

The carousel MUST have been the single most photographed stand at the show.

Phone’s were straight of the pockets of those who’d not brought SLR’s

There were plenty who’d brought their long lenses for the occasion.

 

The grabber machine saw plenty of action.

Was a great point of interest for both young…..

 

and older…. can’t quite call this lad old!

It drew quite a crowd!

 

The Charge Times newspaper made for a great read!

Hardly anyone went past the carousel without picking up a copy.

Handy tabloid sizing for taking home.

 

And the headlines are…..

For all your Charge Bikes news. Is that Andy Serkis in the background!?

And lastly, a treat for us all. I’m not sure who these guys were or what they were doing but they seemed to enjoy dressing up and prancing around the carousel. There were some proper, large film cameras following them so maybe they were in a band? Anyway, they were brave at least.