I can’t remember exactly when I saw a Barcode frame for the first time. It had to be about ten years ago when I was just starting to get to know some of the older guys riding in the scene around where I grew up. I remember that everyone was jealous of the guy with this bomb proof frame by Terrible One. At that time, pretty much all the older guys were riding Standard, DK, S&M or Volume frames. There were even a few guys who were on Gack’s. The thing was, it seemed like everyone still wanted that Barcode frame.
Since then, the reputation for Terrible One has held strong over all these years. They’ve been through a lot of ups and downs in that time too. Throughout it all, they were still producing high quality products. I mean there’s a reason I’m riding a T1 frame today. Because it’s a brand I trust.
Over the last year or two, things have definitely started picking back up for the brand with updated products becoming available and that elusive Cyclops stem that has been up for speculation for the better part of the last 5 years or so getting real close to its release. I figured it would be a good time to get ahold of Joe Rich to see what’s cooking these days. So let’s check out what he had to say!
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