You guys will never guess what I saw in the park today.
"Nah! Couldn't be! But you never see them new...and it's looks like
a 52..."
Long story short I met the proud new owner of the XO-1 today and rest
assured that it is being ridden as Grant intended. He hasn't changed
a thing about it - or
erick, East
Lansing, MI
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Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 12:01 PM
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Subject: [RBW] Re: xo-1 - in box on ebay
Back in college I wo
Patrick,
Theft is real around here. Admittedly, it would take a special thief
to realize what the bike is and steal it. But it's not a risk I'm
willing to take. Not when there are other bikes out there to ride.
And no, can no longer bring the bike inside. The building where I
work has nixed t
Back in college I worked one season at a summer camp. The camp
caretaker's kids got into the Beanie Baby craze, but the parents
started to see the "limited editions" as an investment (collector
publications verified the rapidly escalating prices), and wouldn't let
the kids do more than look at the
On Apr 10, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Marty wrote:
> In this case, (er...carton) "THIS IS IT" was all about the box! Lesson
> learned: never take it out of the box - even to photograph it. The
> seller could have made another K easily. I was at a model train show
> years ago and sellers would provide act
Yeah, $2K was a good price for it. Kind of reasonable if you think of the
collectibility and the mint condition of it. Guessing the for-crap economy
suppressed the final price a bit. Even bike collectors get the blues...
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:13 AM, James Warren wrote:
>
> I have the '93
I have the '93 XO-1. It rides really well, it has an excellent Ishiwata
frame, the brakes are excellent, the Shimano 105 shifting is excellent,
and it is very versatile. If it sold new today, $2000 would be a good
price. And the one that sold on ebay was brand new, and the only
differences I c
In this case, (er...carton) "THIS IS IT" was all about the box! Lesson
learned: never take it out of the box - even to photograph it. The
seller could have made another K easily. I was at a model train show
years ago and sellers would provide actual x-rays of contents so they
would not have to bre
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 7:32 AM, EricP wrote:
>
> But that's my fear of ownership
> overriding pride of ownership. It's also why I don't commute on my
> Atlantis as my fear of theft is greater than the joy of riding that
> bike to work.
>
Eric: is the danger of theft real, or notional only? I w
Yes, and that bike was still in the box. So thinking "inside the box"
was required.
(Okay, it's Friday and that was a terrible joke.)
A few years ago, a copy of a small press publication still in the
unopened shipping box after 50 plus years went for significantly more
than a mint copy. So it's
Ended at $2,070.00. Hey, I was only $285.00 high! Still, for 2K, you
could get several perfectly nice riders, but that's thinking outside
the box.
Marty
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I think that slogan's interesting too:
The Touring Machine
That Carries You
Ahead of It's Time
It's kind of poetic in a unstructured way
Most of all though, I like the Ahead of It's Time part: oh, yeah, way
beyond the current swell of 10 /11 speed cassettes and carbon build
materials into a mor
Besides, other than NOS, there's not even a word for something like
this. Well, not yet anyway...
"Newsage?" "Beauvo-Nuovo?" "Carton Queen?"
Just doesn't have the same vibe, although #3 pretty well sums it up
for me.
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on 4/7/09 9:22 PM, Gino Zahnd at ginoza...@gmail.com wrote:
> Yeah. The best/funniest thing would be to see that bike end up looking
> like this:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gzahnd/3285966758/
Oh, come on! That's just silly! Gotta be photoshop...
- J
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on 4/7/09 3:22 PM, cm at chrispmur...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Call me crazy... but isn¹t it possible that sometimes a bike is worth
> putting on a pedestal, that it isn't "doomed" because of it? This is
> probably one of the last, if not the last, new XO-1's. Sure it was
> made to be ridden, but it
Yeah. The best/funniest thing would be to see that bike end up looking
like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gzahnd/3285966758/
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 7:35 PM, CycloFiend wrote:
> There's always hope. Maybe someone will buy that, build it up and take it
> out and ride it within an inch of its
on 4/7/09 2:50 PM, Paul Sanders at clown.emp...@gmail.com wrote:
> It will likely live it's life on a pedastal. Perhaps one day it will be passed
> on to another collector, and then wind up in a museum.
> Could one say that bike is doomed?
There's always hope. Maybe someone will buy that, build
I see there's an XO-3 on ebay for $1,500. Laff riot.
On Apr 7, 5:08 pm, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> Nonsense. The Xos were decent bikes but nothing special. I owned a '92 XO-1;
> my brother a '93 X0-2, and his then wife, a ditto X0-1. Nice, wouldn't mind
> having my '92 back, but hardly of collectib
Nonsense. The Xos were decent bikes but nothing special. I owned a '92 XO-1;
my brother a '93 X0-2, and his then wife, a ditto X0-1. Nice, wouldn't mind
having my '92 back, but hardly of collectible quality; my '73 Motobecane
Grand Record is a better bike than the '92 XO-1 -- better tubing, better
Point well taken about the museum. I'm glad they are around.
I'm being a little tongue in cheek about the whole thing, btw.
Paul
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:22 PM, cm wrote:
>
> Call me crazy... but isn’t it possible that sometimes a bike is worth
> putting on a pedestal, that it isn't "doomed" b
Call me crazy... but isn’t it possible that sometimes a bike is worth
putting on a pedestal, that it isn't "doomed" because of it? This is
probably one of the last, if not the last, new XO-1's. Sure it was
made to be ridden, but it wasn't ridden. It seems like it is now more
a part of bicycling hi
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Paul Sanders wrote:
> That bike has an ironic destiny in store for it. It will likely be purchased
> by another collector, who will have paid a pretty penny for one of the last
> pristine versions. If they ride it, they'll ride it carefully...never fully
> testing
That bike has an ironic destiny in store for it. It will likely be purchased
by another collector, who will have paid a pretty penny for one of the last
pristine versions. If they ride it, they'll ride it carefully...never fully
testing it or enjoying it as frame designer originally intended.
It w
two days left and it's at $1284. My guess is the bids will be
crazy the last day and especially the last hour! I hate the sniping
programs that bid at the last minute
On Apr 4, 12:53 pm, benzzoy wrote:
> CycloFiend wrote:
> > on 4/3/09 9:15 AM, Ken Yokanovich at reflector.collec...@gmai
CycloFiend wrote:
> on 4/3/09 9:15 AM, Ken Yokanovich at reflector.collec...@gmail.com wrote:
> > SO many years wasted sitting in a box. What a shame. :)
>
> That was exactly the thought I had. Bikes in boxes (or hanging on walls) are
> sad and sorry things in my book.
I beg to differ. Except f
on 4/3/09 9:15 AM, Ken Yokanovich at reflector.collec...@gmail.com wrote:
> SO many years wasted sitting in a box. What a shame. :)
That was exactly the thought I had. Bikes in boxes (or hanging on walls) are
sad and sorry things in my book.
I'm really resisting the urge to semi-tangent off on t
aint, but boasting
> the very same designer in the same price range as this bike.
>
> That's not saying I WON'T bid on it or anything
>
> Tailwinds
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Tailwinds
From: Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 12:44:20 PM
Subject: [RBW] Re: xo-1 - in box on ebay
So much for the recession.
On Apr 3, 12:17 pm, "Frederick, Steve"
wrote:
> Shucks, a us
holy st. patrick!
On Apr 3, 7:54 am, Seth Vidal wrote:
> I think this counts as rivendell-ish:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150336604999
>
> Supposedly a 1993 xo-1 still in the box.
>
> -sv
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Good to know there are a few more on earth just like it!
My guess: $2,355.00
Of course, once it is built up and ridden,
SO many years wasted sitting in a box. What a shame. :)
On Apr 3, 9:54 am, Seth Vidal wrote:
> I think this counts as rivendell-ish:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150336604999
>
> Supposedly a 1993 xo-1 still in the box.
>
> -sv
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Good to know there are a few more on earth just like it!
My guess: $2,355.00
Of course, once it is built up and ridden, maybe half that.
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On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Chris wrote:
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> Any guesses how much it will go for? I'm going to go with $2850.
I added a watch to it just for fun. It's not even remotely my size but
I'm curious how much money someone will put out for it.
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Any guesses how much it will go for? I'm going to go with $2850.
Chris
On Apr 3, 7:54 am, Seth Vidal wrote:
> I think this counts as rivendell-ish:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150336604999
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> Supposedly a 1993 xo-1 still in the box.
>
> -sv
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