Originally Posted by
omgmarclol
i'm not throwing you any hate, because your bike is nice and i do like it, but how is it unique? it's like every modern aluminum race frame with aero tubing. it's stiff and thick where it needs to be. i raced a 20 lap scratch on my teammate's t1 and it's hefty, substantial and stiff. really the only things aesthetically i don't like about the frame itself are the awkwardly (to me) beefy chainstays and downtube and the head tube gusset. but again, that's just subjective as far as looks.
Comparing it to all the other aluminum track frameset I've owned in the past, such as a Pista Concept, Cannondale Major Taylor, Guerciotti Scratch and Shadow, Chesini La Resistenza, Cinelli Mash.... I think the T1 is surely more unique in it's design over all those other mid-range track frames. For only a couple hundred bucks more for the T1, you get a full carbon fork, a carbon seatpost, carbon headset, and some features on the frame that set it's aero-ness and stiffness above all the rest. I really feel it's one of the best aluminum framesets out there today, when you compare it side-to-side with all other aluminum mid-range frames.