2004 T1 Barcode

[muttley]

Anyone had one, still ride one, opions please. 

[perry]

mines a 2003 scott malyon signature but ive ridden plenty of others over the years

20.6 best feeling frame ive ridden 

very well made

looks great

anything specific you wanna know ?

[muttley]

Can thay take some abuse? IE not like the stuff thats being churned out now

[perry]

oh yes 

tough as old boots

ive only seen one crack , at the top of the right hand seatstay where it joins the wishbone



headtubes plenty thick enough , so are the dropouts , all the cable options ( gyro tabs are part of the signature )

this is around 6lbs and the latest offerings arnt far off that , feels solid without being weighty

[muttley]

Nice dent 

[perry]

yep 

ebay cheapness from a scot

took all the paint off it ( and filler  ) to find that

but the tubing is plenty thick so im not bothered

[darkersomeday]

a great frame and defo a modern classic

tough as phook too,

the early versions were made by spooky then switched to maas industries later on,
both are equally well made,

the best of the bunch imo were the "barcode-light" versions,
the oddest was the garret byrnes signature with the fixed post,
the worst was probably the scott malyon signature with its euro bb(no offence mr perry!),
followed closely by the nate wessell signature!

all great frames though,

and after all,

T1 phucking rocks!!

[perry]

none taken joseph , personal preference 

what was specific to wessels ? all i can remember was gyro tabs and brown 

[darkersomeday]

even malyon himself didnt want the euro bb and ended up riding a ruben frame

the wessell had that crazy triple cable mount thing too and was like a blood-red colour,


it was garrets barcode that was brown

[darkersomeday]

none taken joseph ,

only my old man calls me joseph when he's bollocking me

[muttley]

One of those fixed posts jobbies came up the other day, nos too, but a bit to gimmicky for me.  Got the chance of a nos 2004 barcode in black, 20.6 tt and as i am crashing regular and the ol L.A.F is takin a beating i thought i might try something a bit more meaty  

Joseph hahaha!!

[darkersomeday]

man i'd love that garret t1, nos too!!!

did you see the one ont bay muttley? the "21?

[perry]

alll the better for me then  

now get off that interweb and to ya blardy room your mother will have kittens if she sees the mess on your floor  

and as for those magazines under your bed  

is that the one cyclesport is selling , im sure ive seen that in the shop for over £400 

[darkersomeday]

alll the better for me then  

now get off that interweb and to ya blardy room your mother will have kittens if she sees the mess on your floor  

and as for those magazines under your bed  

dont you talk to me like that! i'm not fifteen anymore!.........

silly old sod...




i'm suprised no ones snapped that barcode up! i'd have it like a shot if i'd got the cash spare

[perry]

i remember seeing it hung up and thinking NICE  then i looked at the tag 

its a lot of money to hang on the wall 

the malyons cheaper , but still not cheap and its a 21

they have a couple shortys you might be interested in but those are around £300

now do the washng up 

[muttley]

Yeah saw that 21 but a bit too long for me. That Garret was Cyclesports, i was tempted as a really nice color but that seat post thing put me off.

[darkersomeday]

sorry dad

here the stickers you asked me about t'other week,

i'm putting them together for a t1 themed progression when i eventually find one

i've got the downtube stickers but i used one on my camera tripod
theres a certain cat on here that will sort me out with a couple though

check out the early joe,taj and robbo puppies

[perry]

nice

any idea how many of each signature were mad , im sure it was 50 of each size ?

[darkersomeday]

50 of each

i was waiting but never saw a taj signature frame though

joe rich's was like a drab green/dark blue fork paint job was it?


i actually really like the fixed seatpost

very different

fook i want this frame

early christmas prezzie dad?

[perry]

thought so , but its hard work findig info on t1 , i guess i could email joseph rich but im far too lazy lol

i think taj had a few alterations made to his personal rides but its a shame he never had a signature one people could buy 

the joe was indeed that dull colour with the blue forks and i think the frameset included blue bars too , saw one go cheap on the bay but it was well ridden

i quite like the garrett too , seems to have the post where i would have it

no pocket money for you joseph 

joking aside , there probably arnt many left , especially in that condition given they had grind plates on the chainstays , have it you know you want to  give them a phone and work out a price , your welcome to pop in for a cuppa when you pick it up 

[muttley]

[darkersomeday]

thing of beauty

do it

to it.

tbh it'd be cool to see something different being ridden besides all these s&m clones

[muttley]

Thay got one in blue too but no pic so if anyone has a pic one in blue it would help (long shot i know)

[perry]

[muttley]

Hehe nice one, think i might be placing an order