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[Edward Lowy]

Well the Icon has done a good few years and is the oldest bat in the GM range at the moment and one of your lads let slip a while back it is at the end of its life span as a product. So come on then ed is it the Icon Mk 2 or are you going to replace the Apex as i just have not seen many of them around!!! PS how about some more training kit such as fleeces with zips up the middle and the like!!!

Icon continues to be one of our very best sellers. Dare I say that it is Iconic, and continues in the range.

[Johnny]

By the way, if this retro lark is true....

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=9742.75

...I hope I get some commission!

[Kulli]

Thats what I thought, the Icon is the one I've seen most of and a fairly normal shape. Be interesting to see if the Luna survives for a second season. Seen enough around to suggest they will and than one or both of the Apex and the Flare will get the boot. Not a big fan of either though.

[keysersolze]

Well the Icon is every where but the Apex nah don't see it any where!!!!! And new bat yeah the Icon Mk2 as don't most bats have a shelf life of 6 years!!! The Icon must be rocking on towards that!!!

[procricket]

With respect, because you don't understand our business. We are a business to business operation, not business to consumer. We are the largest volume, quality bat manufacturing operation left in the UK. We are simply not geared up to do anything in "1's".

We do not supply stickers alone as we choose to try and ensure that our intellectual property is applied only to our bats by our own folk in our own factory in Nottingham, England. Once a bat has come to it's end of life, we do not stock further stickers of that particular range. We will happily service / refurbish any GM bat of any era, but it is just not practical to stock every label set ad infinitum.

Sorry if this comes over as abrupt, I really don't mean to be. We very much care about the customer experience but it would be quite wrong for us to promise that which we cannot deliver. I think that if you came around the factory, perhaps it may be easier to understand why we do what we do.

Thanks for the question anyway, it's a good one.

Kind regards

Edward

do you make more than a certain company/makers in Sussex??

[jonpinson]

Why don't you just say Newbery/Tim Keeley Dave? I don't think it is a secret that they make cricket bats.

[procricket]

Because the company has another name and i do not know it mate

[Edward Lowy]

do you make more than a certain company/makers in Sussex??

I suspect you are talking about Grays. And if you are, emphatically yes as I understand Grays have moved their manufacturing to India.

Kind regards

Edward

[100 not out]

Ed. . . .here is a question for you please.

how much further do u think bats can improve. . . . . .do u think all these fancy designs and scoops etc (eg Luna) are just  a fad.

[100 not out]

Because the company has another name and i do not know it mate

TW Keeley Ltd or something along those lines.

[procricket]

yes Mr T not grays at all.

[Edward Lowy]

Ed. . . .here is a question for you please.

how much further do u think bats can improve. . . . . .do u think all these fancy designs and scoops etc (eg Luna) are just  a fad.

I think bats need to keep up with the various forms of the game, and the developing physiques and fitness of the players. I think we are supporting the aspirations of batsmen pretty well.

"Fancy designs" etc - well that comes down more to offering a comprehensive choice in weight distribution, quality and budget to cricketers. Yes, I do think there is a cycle that the market goes through oscillating between light & maneouverable to huge and heavy, so that at any one time some designs of bat can be seen as a fad whilst the market moves through to it's next resting place.

What do you think?

Regards

Edward

[Edward Lowy]

TW Keeley Ltd or something along those lines.

I would think that we do make more bats than Tim, yes. Have you asked him?

Very fine batmaker indeed, hats off to him.

Edward

[100 not out]

What do i think . . .well im after huge and manouverable. . . i look forward to the unveiling of the new range.

[norbs]

you make all weights and ranges so you cover the lot don't you? huge, light, bats with maneuverability all based on the GM index etc etc