1993 Bridgestone XO-1 59cm Minty and Orange

[GoldenEraMTB]

http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-1993-Bridgeston ... 45f2b76e24

already at $1225usd with 3 days left; started at $5.00

 

[sancho]

Very nice (and huge!). I like the build but I'd swap out the shimano parts with suntour and call it a day.

 

[baca01]

can anyone explain the attraction with these? ive seen them go for crazy money (just like this one). why?

please excuse my ignorance

 

[DM]

can anyone explain the attraction with these? ive seen them go for crazy money (just like this one). why?

please excuse my ignorance

It's the inverse relationship between "niche" and "cool".

And it's a nice color.

 

[GearlessinSeattle]

DANG! That is Huuuge!
One of my all time favs.

 

[one-eyed_jim]

can anyone explain the attraction with these? ive seen them go for crazy money (just like this one). why?

They were an intelligent attempt to make a better hybrid bike for the kind of riding that many people really do - a mixture of tarmac and dirt - as an alternative to the cheesy mass market hybrids that do everything badly, and the increasingly specialised dirt bikes of the mid nineties. Add the fact that they were idiosyncratic and not many were made, and that gives them niche appeal.

Then, you add the "cult of Rivendell" factor. Grant Peterson, the head of Bridgestone USA who designed these bikes and many others, went on to found Rivendell Cycles, a sort of club-cum-shop whose customers are "members" and which sells a lifestyle philosophy. That increases the exposure of these older bikes, and the pool of potential buyers. High demand, limited supply: high prices.

Add - in this case - an excellent, original build, NOS frame, a well-written auction page and great photos. The price doesn't look outrageous.

It's not a huge frame. It's a big one, but small wheels and slim tyres on what's basically a cyclocross geometry give a tall head-tube and the visual impression of a bigger bike.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/1993/index.htm

 

[yo-Nate-y]

But all that being true........$2500+ is a bit insane.

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

But all that being true........$2500+ is a bit insane.

we were talking about this just the other month on here, I believe it was a NOS blue one, and I was stating that his 1600 BIN was a good deal. I didn't know how right I was, haha.

 

[ededwards]

Lovely looking bike, particularly the fork, but what on earth are the dummy brake levers for? They're usually found on tandem stoker bars or fixed wheel builds with only a front brake and on this build I can't see a) why? and b) how? they are useable.

 

[one-eyed_jim]

But all that being true........$2500+ is a bit insane.

Yeah, that's a lot of moolah.

Lovely looking bike, particularly the fork, but what on earth are the dummy brake levers for? They're usually found on tandem stoker bars or fixed wheel builds with only a front brake and on this build I can't see a) why? and b) how? they are useable.

Here's the theory:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone ... ges/31.htm

http://www.stanford.edu/~dru/moustache.html