From: John Speare
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 8:35 AM
To: John Speare
Subject: Fwd: your old XO-1
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From:
Date: Jan 7, 2005 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: your old XO-1
To: John Speare
Actually, no I was not the original owner. I never even rode
it. I got the frame from a friend of mine in
Thanks for the complement!
Regards,
Troy
At 02:13 PM 1/7/2005, you wrote:
>Cool.
>
>So were you the first owner?
>
>Yeah, I love the bike. I like knowing that it was
revived after the
>crash. I've been commuting on it for a while, and now
I'm going to
>transform it into a fixed gear/single speed for easy
travelling. I'm
>saving up for the ENO eccentric hub.
>
>Although I love the Breezer-style paint job, in a few
years I'll
>probably repaint it yet again and restore it to its
original
>color/decal set, but I want to enjoy this paint job
until it's finally
>too chipped/dinged up. Did you do the paint job too?
It's a fine job.
>
>
>
>
>On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:05:38 -0600, Troy Courtney
wrote:
> > Hello John,
> >
> > Glad to here the XO got a good home. I was
surprise when Alex told
> > me he sold it. He talked about that frame more
than any other bike
> > he had. I honest do not recall the exact tubing
that was used. More
> > than likely it was TrueTemper RC2 for the TT and
RC2 or OX3 for the
> > DT. The RC2 is a great material. It is nothing
more than a stress
> > relieved chromoly. It is generally thicker wall
(0.8 or 0.9 mm)
> > which is preferable for a frame of this type and
for the
> > installation of S&S couplers. RC2 is also very
compliant. TrueTemper
> > now calls the tubing Versus. OX3 is a heat treated
tubing that is
> > very strong, usually a little thinner, and a
little less forgiving.
> > Good tubes thought. I have built a couple mountain
bikes out of OX3.
> > My personal road bike is built from RC2. Still
riding it after 12 years and wouldn't think of changing it.
> >
> > Glad you like the XO. Let me know if you need
anything.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Troy
> >
> >
> > At 03:57 PM 1/7/2005, you wrote:
> > >Hi Troy,
> > >
> > >I bought your old XO-1 from Alex Wetmore about
8 months ago. See here:
> > >x01.html
> > >
> > >I'm curious what kind of tubing you replaced
the damaged tubes
> > >with, and any other interesting information
you have about the bike.
> > >
> > >I love this bike.
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
> > >--
> > >John Speare
> > >Spokane, WA USA
> > >bikes.html
> >
> >
>
>
>--
>John Speare
>Spokane, WA USA
>bikes.html
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