well long story short is i got this frame a few months back. low serial C40008,black paint. some grind marks on the left side (the same side sheps grinds) and the bottom of the chainstay bridge has a j.s. scratched into the paint (looks like it was done along time ago). i got kinda curious and asked paul murray about it and he told me that the first ones were given away to people in matts group. pauls 94 is 0005. (and i know for the most part who got which ones and colors)
fast foward a bit,
i was already a bit suspitious that it was sheps bike and a friend of mine over here (jaybrand on the museum and vintage) is helping with the homeless dvd release party and bringing his homeless bikes to display.
the other day i asked jay if sheps is gonna be there and to ask him a question, did matt flow him a black 94 condor? (since he just stopped with homeless at the time and matt and james are good friends)
jay didnt waste any time with his help on this and called up Lee Sultemier's house and sheps happened to be there and jay got to talk with him about it. james said he did ride a 94 condor he got from Matt, he gave him 2 of them, a chrome one (a s.e. 93) and a black 94. He has no idea what ever happened to them but he said his was one of the first ones that year. He couldnt remember scratching his initials on the bottom of the bike but Coco (Parricks newly ex wife) used to label the bikes back then so she could tell which ones needed to be loaded up in the vans. Sometimes there would be 2 or 3 groups of guys doing shows in diffrent areas and she used to help Tina (Trend & now Empire) load up the vehicles and make sure all the stuff went to the right place. he said if the serial is below 10 then its his old one.
ill get some more info on it as time goes on,i just found out about its history
im super stoked i have the legendary james shepherds bike that was flowed to him from matt!
even tho ive had this pic up before, here it is. its the frame on the floor
now i need to find some pics of him on it. i have a 2 pics where it seems like he is on it but the angles its hard to see.
and this one with him on the chrome one. and it seems like those are the o.g. forks for my frame
