My love for the XO’s started some years back when I found my wife an XO 3 Mixte in her exact smaller size. Weeks later I found an XO 3 for my son. Even though his was too small I took every opportunity to ride it and fell in love. For some reason I love the arced bars and the nimbleness! Few years later I found myself a very clean larger black XO 5 with the arced bars. Commuted on that for a while and loved it. A few months back I found an extremely loved and used XO 1 (55). This bike cost $50 and it was full of ancient E-bike equipment and extra well drilled holes but I knew it was still worth it since it had most of the original parts and the pearl paint still shimmered in spots and original forks. My friend and I stripped it down and rebuilt all the areas. Still need help with chainring numbers??? While waiting on that…. I find in a free pile on a curb a 59cm purple XO 1 frame without the orig. fork but super clean paint. The reason it was free was due to someone sawing off the rear brake bridge (more clearance??) I have some contacts at local builder Co-Motion and they were eager to repair the bridge.

So now, all the bits and parts will be coming off the white bike onto the purple frame once it’s finished. Super excited to finally try one out!