Originally Posted by
rjhammett
I don't get it. I recently purchased a 1992 RB-1 in perfect condition for less than a third of the asking price of the X0-1. The RB-1 came with 600/Ultegra gruppo vs 105 gruppo on the X0-1. It is a lot extra to pay for moustache bars and lower grade components. In 1993 Bridgestone made 1000 yellow and 1000 red RB-1s so they are pretty rare also.
As were '93 and '94 MB-zips and MB-1's. Part of what you were buying was the 'mystique' of the moustache bars and the
clever copy describing the bike. Consider that the XO-1 was really the seed that started the Rivendell 'movement' towards
all around bicycles. Besides, back then the bikes sold so quick that B-Stone was sold out within a couple of months.
As with your RB-1, I recently picked up a pristine '93½ MB-1... but for 1/15 the asking price of the XO-1!