Now, that is very nice! Thanks for the photo. I'd guess that yours, like mine, is a 55?
Your chainrings are far bigger than any I installed. But I did hit 48 mph chasing and matching pace with a Range Rover at the bottom of a steep, 1/2 mile hill in 98 gear inch top gear (48 X 12 X 24.5"). (Back when I was a sprightly 40-something.) In fall 1994, I called Riv and asked Grant to make me a road bike that rode "at least as well" as that '92 XO-1. He said, "Oh, it'll be a lot better." And it was; Waterford, built around the contemporary AllRounder model, but with road tubing and lugs. 73* parallel, 42.5 cm stays, *tout *753 except for 531 fork; 54 c-c IIRC -- after I'd built it and ridden it and liked it, I told Grant, "I'm going to let others know about his!" He said, "Don't you dare!" -- because he was emphasizing "fistfull of seatpost" sizing back then. My fistfull of seatpost, level-top-tube sizing is 60 X 56/57, c-c. The 2 of 3 customs that I've kept, the 1999 and 2003 (the only difference is that the '99 is 57 c-c, the '03 is 58, both sloping tts), were one step forward from the 1994, and both are my beau ideals or Platonic archetypes or airey castles of bike fit and handling: slacker head, longer chainstays; just the perfect combination of straigh line stability and nimble turn-in. All built for 559 or 571 wheels. On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 1:48 PM Jason Fuller <jtf.ful...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here you go Patrick! It's a bit of a spare-parts build currently, but if > I keep it* I will be upgrading parts as budget allows. > > *I am constantly debating whether to keep my Soma Grand Randonneur or the > XO, as I only have room for one of them. The Soma would actually be the > less expensive choice, but the XO is more historically significant. The > Soma is pretty special too, though! More tire clearance, 650B, and quick > too. > > On Friday, 22 November 2019 12:03:55 UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> >> Please post a photo of your '92 XO-1. >> >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d8a339de-019a-454c-b64c-6035944cbf4a%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d8a339de-019a-454c-b64c-6035944cbf4a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgs-Epom8CEY2C4XV5NuvcgWy8O4Xpm%2B%3DY-hfHvbxB9u%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.
