Bridgestone Xo-1 1992 Free Long Distance

Built with road tubing, using road geometry, racing derailleurs, and road caliper brakes.

Rolling on 26 inch wheels shod with 1.25 slicks.

Recommended to be sized like a road bike.

Later versions with cantilever brakes fit bigger tires, and seemed more off-road capable, but to me they lost that street bike appeal.

This snippet, from Rivendell catalog 3 states:.the XO-1 itself was modeled after the French 650B-wheeled touring and the British rough stuff bikes.

So how about a 650B-wheeled bike modeled after the original 1992 Bridgestone XO-1 That could be interesting.

Honestly unless the paint was utterly beat I would not repaint but that is just me.

Bridgestone Xo-1 1992 Free Long Distance

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Anyone have any information on this bike like what year and components it originally came with Also how should this bike be sized Like a rode bike I am thinking of going back and trying it out and maybe buy it.

In 1992 the XO-1 and XO-2 were the only two lugged models and both were made in Japan.

In 92 the XO-2 had a moustache bar like the XO-1 but instead of aero levers and bar-end shifters it had grips, MTB style brakes and thumb shifters.

Overall I think I prefer that look to the standard moustache with aero setup.

In 1993 the XO-2 was the only model that came with drop bars (which I assume they did to counter-balance the negative press that the moustache bars were getting) and came in a purple color.

All versions of the XO-2 were nice bikes with lugged triple butted Cro-Moly frames and decent Shimano equiment.

I would size it more like a road bike even though it has 26 wheels.

While I agree with the nice part, the XO-2 did not have a lugged frame.

I have a green on sitting the basement right now, bought new by me, and it is TIG welded.

I know that in 93 that they were lugged all the way down to the XO-3.

Sis is riding it now, if that turns into a fight I can ask her.

It was a bit small.

Good points. its rugged.

I cant imagine riding it to death unless you want to put 100K on it.

Bad points. its slow.

It is much like a touring bike in some ways, and because of it there is nothing you can do so that it isnt slow.

It came with 1.5 tires.

In 1993 the XOs were lugged from the XO-3 up and then in 1994 there was no XO-1 or XO-2 model.

Also the moustache bars on the 1992 XO-2 were not Nitto made which I think is one of the reason it did not have bar end shifters.

A 1992 XO-2 in pearl white - non-lugged (this one had Nitto bars added): A 1992 XO-2 in green: A 1993 XO-2 in purple with drop bars (the bar and stem are replacements as I think the 93 XO-2 had a dirtdrop style stem).

Now mind you that since this is a 17 year old bike it looked like it I ended up paying 50 for it.

I looks to have everything original except the moustache bars.

Currently it has a 3 12 inch riser bar which is fine for me, as this bike is more of a cruising the beach bike and neighborhood riding bike.

I do plan on getting it repainted or powder coated in the winter and then rebuilding it with Shimano XT stuff.

Also since it has a 1inch head tube, I am thinking of installing a Vintage RockShox Mag21 with a 1inch steerer on it.

I agree about being a bit slow.but I still pass folks on my commute from time to time.so shes not that slow.