That is cool.  That's my size too.  Looks like he's rocking the
seersucker, too.

On Mar 29, 3:15 pm, jinxed <[email protected]> wrote:
> So I took the kiddo out for a 35 mile pull in the trailer today taking
> advantage of the not-snow/wind/rain weather. We headed downtown to
> play at a park, and stopped off mid-ride at the REI flagship store for
> a snack. As I rolled up I immediately noticed an XO-1 out of the vast
> sea of bikes that flood the cafe there. One quick glance around, and I
> spied a group of three sitting at one of the tables who looked old
> enough know better, but young enough to still get in trouble! Walked
> up..."which one of you owns the XO?" They took a funny look around at
> all the other tables full of cyclists I think wondering why I picked
> them to ask. Then (Mr. G) raises his hand, "uh, I do...how did you
> know?" Call it an educated guess. The other riders sitting around were
> either in full race kit, or skin tight rolled up jeans and sleeve
> tatts.
>
> Anyway we had a nice little talk and turns out he and his wife both
> purchased XO-1's new but on closeout for $600 each. His wife later
> switched to a recumbent and passed the Bstone on to her sister. Mr. G
> has been riding his since new. He said so far this year he's clocked
> over a thousand miles just on the XO. Nice.
>
> The bike was in great condition, and fairly stock. I love that he
> loves it. Bikes with history are good bikes indeed.
>
> Here graciously allowed me to pose for a picture with him and his
> bike. Maybe 15 years from now someone will walk up to me and say..hey,
> is that your Bombadil? I hope so.
>
> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4474700190_071e2121dd_b.jpg

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