Comments on: Surprised by purple steel: The story of a Bridgestone XO-1, Part 2 http://kentuckybicycling.com/01/2008/surprised-by-purple-steel-the-story-of-a-bridgestone-xo-1-part-2/ Todd Van Campen on average-guy commuter bicycling Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:01:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Greg Galvan http://kentuckybicycling.com/01/2008/surprised-by-purple-steel-the-story-of-a-bridgestone-xo-1-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Greg Galvan Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:14:54 +0000 http://kentuckybicycling.com/01/2008/surprised-by-purple-steel-the-story-of-a-bridgestone-xo-1-part-2/#comment-273 Nice bike! I worked on the 92-94 catalogs with Grant at Bridgestone, and this bike was a favorite. I'd love to find one from the next year, as I think it came in a truly funky orange which he called "pumpkin". It would also have the headbadge I designed up front on the head tube! Enjoy your bike, and keep in mind it is a piece of bicycle history. -Greg Nice bike! I worked on the 92-94 catalogs with Grant at Bridgestone, and this bike was a favorite. I’d love to find one from the next year, as I think it came in a truly funky orange which he called “pumpkin”. It would also have the headbadge I designed up front on the head tube!

Enjoy your bike, and keep in mind it is a piece of bicycle history. -Greg

]]> By: tank http://kentuckybicycling.com/01/2008/surprised-by-purple-steel-the-story-of-a-bridgestone-xo-1-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-148 tank Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:01:42 +0000 http://kentuckybicycling.com/01/2008/surprised-by-purple-steel-the-story-of-a-bridgestone-xo-1-part-2/#comment-148 This is great man... I used to wrench back in grad school, and seriously coveted one of the senior mech's XO-1 (purple too) with its goofy moustache bars. I was away from riding for six years, then got back into it, then had a hiatus when I was working in the Virgin Islands (roads way too narrow, and everyone drives like a true nutcase, plus open container is legal). Now in SoCal I'm riding to work 3-4 days a week, and have gotten to thinking about commuting to work/class in my younger days. Loved being able to switch wheelsets from mountain to commuter wheel/tires back in the day on my simple chromo mountain bike, given the ride ahead. Never found moustache bars, but still love my Zoom Brahma bars, lots of flexibility without clunky barends... Looking to pull my old chromo out of storage and putting some wooden fenders on it for the commute when I can get my hands on it. Ride well, be well... John This is great man… I used to wrench back in grad school, and seriously coveted one of the senior mech’s XO-1 (purple too) with its goofy moustache bars. I was away from riding for six years, then got back into it, then had a hiatus when I was working in the Virgin Islands (roads way too narrow, and everyone drives like a true nutcase, plus open container is legal). Now in SoCal I’m riding to work 3-4 days a week, and have gotten to thinking about commuting to work/class in my younger days. Loved being able to switch wheelsets from mountain to commuter wheel/tires back in the day on my simple chromo mountain bike, given the ride ahead. Never found moustache bars, but still love my Zoom Brahma bars, lots of flexibility without clunky barends…

Looking to pull my old chromo out of storage and putting some wooden fenders on it for the commute when I can get my hands on it.

Ride well, be well…

John

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