Ah, yes, the Bridgestone Series. The XO-1, XO-2 and XO-3.
I am much surprised not to see a thread featuring all the Bridgestone XOs in one place before. I mean, this is Classic and Vintage, right? Wouldn't you say these bicycles belong here? I'll start:
This is the 1993 Bridgestone XO-1. It's 48cm.
This particularly rare XO-1 originally was used by a bicycle messenger in New York City, but that's all I really know about it.
Here's the Bridgestone XO-1 again dressed in it's full-on tour mode with my Panasonic FJD1 Demountable touring bike.
Whenever I get something like this, I wanted to soup it up with the best parts I could find. Orange is a "Hot Rod" colour anyway.
The interesting thing about the Bridgestone XO-1 was the rear triangle spacing: 132.5mm. One could use rear hubs,130mm OLD spaced like Shimano 105 road hubs, or like these Shimano M950s, 135mm spaced. The Panasonic has that spacing too. You can't arguably do that with aluminum framesets.
I have a lot to say about the Bridgestone, but what about you? Do you have an original XO?