Today I woke up really early to catch the train out to Westburry. It was about an hour and a half train ride from London. Alex Rankin picked me up from the station to go out for a day of riding and filming around Bath and its surrounding villages.
The first landmark we visited was Gold Hill, an old cobble stone steep hill. I had to take a couple photos of this place, it was amazing looking. It looks out over the country side to rolling green hills.
After stopping at some British looking architecture along the road to film snippets, we were off to the Charge office.
HQ
Surface
Alex Rankin, Ty, and Nick
Road
New Charge Ti Cyclocross bike - The "Freezer"
I was really stoked to visit the office/showroom. Everything looked great, and I got a few sneak peaks at some new product. After lunch, I got to ride the warehouse quarter for a bit. It was a super narrow setup, but really fun. Luckily I didn't smash into any of the bikes or anything else.
Next, we sped off to the city of Bath. Alex had lived in Bath for some time, and gave us a tour of some local riding and historical spots.
Everything was going great until I rolled my ankle at the skatepark. I was trying to nose manual a box and bailed off funny landing on the side of my foot. That pretty much fucked any filming for the rest of the day.
We said fuck it and got some dinner. After dinner I caught the train back to London and headed to Andy's house. Everyone took it easy the rest of the night and ate shitty junk food and scotch eggs. Hopefully my ankle will be better by Sunday for the shop 14 party.
I can't thank Nick and Alex enough for all their hospitality today. I'm bummed I didn't get to film with Alex as much as I would have liked due to my ankle. Hopefully we can meet up later in the week and try to squeeze some stuff in before I take off.
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