There was a jam at the T1 ramp just a couple of days ago. Here’s a video I found in my RSS stream. Man, I really wish that I hadn’t missed out on going to Austin when I was over in the US at the end of last year.
My buddy Antti who runs Signature BMX, a web shop in Finland who happens to also be the distributor for Terrible One products, just got his bikecheck posted on the Terrible One site. He’s got one of the new Ruben frames decked out with a bunch of goodies — including the complete wheels from Simple that features that nifty Eject hub I’ve heard about somewhere.
Here’s a sneak peek of his bike, click on the thumbnail to get warped to the T1 site so you can check out the rest of the goodness.
Last week T1 posted another Freaky Friday and this time it was a timeline of the Barcode frame. It’s an interesting read and it really shows how frames have progressed over the years. It’s posted as either a flipbook or PDF, so whtever you prefer just click on the corresponding link.
A few (ok.. many) years back I used to ride a one of those frames and I absolutely loved it. I think that in many ways it has shaped my preference in BMX frame geometry ever since. When I moved on and swapped to another bike I happened to sell my trusted old Barcode. Fast forward a couple of years and I happened to hear that the guy who bought it was selling it, so I bought it back. Just because it was my first awesome frame.
It was #197 from the second batch (according to the stamping on the inside of the dropout) and with this timeline I can confirm that it’s one of the Kastan made frames. Interesting.
Speaking of Terrible One, you should also check out Ruben’s First Hand interview if you haven’t already done that. Sure made me wanna ride…