Ross Signature EX 290-S
David Rehus
multi-
use bike. Approximate worth. It has a Cro - Moly Tripple Butted Tubes
"Ishiwata" under the tube info.Your help would be greatly appreciated. It's got
alloy rims, crank, french valves ect.,,,
Thank you in advance.
David Rehus
http://uk.clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/reclineandglide
Garrison Hilliard
David Rehus wrote:
>Does anyone have any information on this bike whether its a touring,
>road, or multi-use bike. Approximate worth. It has a Cro - Moly Tripple Butted Tubes
>"Ishiwata" under the tube info.Your help would be greatly
>appreciated. It's got alloy rims, crank, french valves ect.,,,
>Thank you in advance.
>David Rehus
>http://uk.clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/reclineandglide
The Ross "Signature" series began in the early 'eighties as Ross's
premium model line (designed by folks like Jim Redcay and handcrafted),
and it was basically a vanity thing so Ross (who had a reputation for
making real rolling crap of the gas-pipe variety) could bray "See, we do
make good bikes!". All of the work started off being done in Ross's
Allentown plant, but as the decade wore on more and more of the bikes were
simply being made-to-order in Taiwan and Ross finally closed up their
U.S. plant (which Willy Ehrlich from Schwinn bought and formed the
short-lived Bicycle Corporation of America). Anyway, the Ross Signature
lines were the "Centaur", the "S-290", and another "S" model I don't
recall, and they were all fine bikes (I have white & pink Centaur and
maroon S-290 [which is way too small for me - anybody want a great frame]
myself) that declined in quality (although not too badly) until their
names and the "Signature" mark was re-assigned in the early 'nineties to
some real department store crap.
If you search out some 'eighties issues of "Bicycling", there are several
articles by reporters dumbfounded by the grace and quality of the Ross
bikes mentioned...
Garrison Hilliard
Garrison Hilliard
On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Garrison Hilliard wrote:
> David Rehus wrote:
>
> >Does anyone have any information on this bike whether its a touring,
> >road, or multi-use bike. Approximate worth.
> The Ross "Signature" series began in the early 'eighties as Ross's
> premium model line (designed by folks like Jim Redcay and handcrafted),
> and it was basically a vanity thing so Ross (who had a reputation for
> making real rolling crap of the gas-pipe variety) could bray "See, we do
> make good bikes!". All of the work started off being done in Ross's
> Allentown plant, but as the decade wore on more and more of the bikes were
> simply being made-to-order in Taiwan and Ross finally closed up their
> U.S. plant (which Willy Ehrlich from Schwinn bought and formed the
> short-lived Bicycle Corporation of America). Anyway, the Ross Signature
> lines were the "Centaur", the "S-290", and another "S" model I don't
> recall, and they were all fine bikes (I have white & pink Centaur and
> maroon S-290 [which is way too small for me - anybody want a great frame]
> myself) that declined in quality (although not too badly) until their
> names and the "Signature" mark was re-assigned in the early 'nineties to
> some real department store crap.
>
> If you search out some 'eighties issues of "Bicycling", there are several
> articles by reporters dumbfounded by the grace and quality of the Ross
> bikes mentioned...
And here's some more info from Tom Kellog's Spectrum Cycles page
regarding Tom Kellog's Ross designs:
November, 1980 - June, 1982 - Employed by Ross Bicycles. At Ross, Tom set
up the "Signature" department and developed the Ross Signature line of
bicycles. Tom loses his right vocal chord in a motorcycle accident and
leaves Ross to form Spectrum Cycles, inc.
Tom hires Jeff Duser from Ross Bicycles in March, '85. Jeff had been
heading up the Signature department at Ross after Jim Redcay left to work
as technical editor at Bicycling Magazine.
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> What is a reasonable price for this very good condition bike I own? Please help .thank you