First post (dont want to hear the last post!!)

Katana,

It does as well as can be expected. I dont have any illusions, its my workhorse. Wash it on Sunday’s with help(?) of the kids (like a good religious person[]), bit of oil here, bit of WD40 there, like you do. When she’s well past her sell-by I will get another. For me that’s when it becomes uneconomical to repair[]

Would get another after this one, cant beat a reliable, comfy machine. They’re not for everybody I suppose but thank god for choices…being vertically challenged I couldn’t say I would enjoy having to ride a CBR everyday for example….

Any excuse to pop out on the bike…night or day, must be taken.

Trouble is we don’t have any normal pics on the web as such, oh well. It’s my work vehicle, how many builders have pics of their white van? []

CGR BIKE GEAR….a brief introduction (not a life story).

One cold day I said to Claire (my other half) it’s bl@@dy freezing. Knock us up one of those polo-neck thingy’s. I had looked on Ebay for one but couldn’t find any, nor a norwegian type top either. I don’t do clothes shops and some of the stuff I wear has been in and out of fashion more than once!! Claire and I run a company that makes luggage, pram bags, childrens clothes etc and goods for other companies. So off she went into the workshop and emerged later with one polo-neck in 100% cotton. That’s effing brilliant I said when she gave it to me. First one of my mates that saw it said, where did you get that from? Needless to say he had one and then his mate etc. CGR was born. We posted some on the dreaded Ebay, firstly as a marketing survey. Two things can be said about Ebayers…1) they always want a bargain. 2) They can leave negative feedback if the goods are not up to scratch. Our feedback was outstanding, we had got the product right…job done. We still list on Ebay as we have built up some repeat customers and don’t want to let them down while the website address is given to all of them. Ebay costs continue to go up. We do not want to put our prices up so we started our own website.

We are not run of the mill faceless, nameless people buying from sweatshops in a foreign land. We do not mass produce anything but take care and pleasure in what we do. We are real people trying to provide gear made in England at the right price. We have always specialised in doing things that the big companies just won’t do. Could you ring NEXT or BURTONS or TOP SHOP for example and say ” I like that top but can you make it with longer sleeves?” Obviously not. Contact us and any item will be made to your own measurements. We have made lots of one-off’s, longer sleeves, longer bodies, thumbhole cuffs, longer necks, and one armed jackets. It’s what we do. For more information follow the CGR Bike Gear link. Our names are Paul and Claire and we answer all e-mails personally.

Ride safe guys and gals, be careful out there.

ID,

Thanks for the support, British manufacture is in decline it’s true. Of course we look after our customers, they pay our wages and are the most important people to please. The larger chains buy stuff mass produced from abroad, stick it on the shelf and sell it. Their business is different to ours. It’s like the difference between a woman buying a dress from the Next catalogue or having Vivian Westwood personally make her a designer one. Chalk and Cheese.

It is an interesting point about forum members. Some may have purchased one of our products already. We have sold some on Ebay and to be fair that is where we send them for review. Ebayers leave feedback. I will start a thread and see if anyone has actually purchased anything from us. I did see a biker on youtube with a micro-fleece the other day but b*gg*r me I can’t find it again now.

Thanks again for the comments.

Claire