I'm not Bill, but I still have my '92 XO-1, and idiosyncratic though she may be, I still can't quit her.
Have I wished for 700C? Yep. Have I wished for bigger 26" clearance? Yep. Have I wished for a little less twitch up front? Yep. Would I change anything? Nope. She's had every handlebar known to man, and while they're all weird at first, they all work out eventually. If the '92 XO-1 excels at anything, it's fast 'n fun commuting, or maybe often sketchy but always fun underbiking. Jeff "I Can't Quit You Baby" Hagedorn Los Angeles, CA USA On Monday, January 14, 2019 at 2:31:53 PM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Bill: what did you think of the XO-1? Or, what do you now think of the > XO-1 after riding so many Rivendells? > > I owned, loved, and put many, many miles on a '92 myself, and when I > ordered my first 26' wheel road custom, I asked Grant: Can you make it as > good as the XO-1?" He answered, "Oh, much better," and so it proved. In > fact, my first custom was sorta-kinda based on the All Rounder, but with > geometry tweaked for road, and full road tubing and lugs. > > The XO--1 was very clearly an idea and product at the beginning of a > process. Riv's road models and all road models are now much, much better -- > as good as the XO-1 was in its day. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
