Re: [CR]Ross Signature

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

From: "Garrison Hilliard" <garrison@efn.org>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Ross Signature
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 20:17:30 +0000
Organization: Oregon Public Networking
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On 6 Mar 2003 12:03:53 -0800, you wrote:
>Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 13:42:04 -0600
>From: "goodrichbikes" <goodrichbikes@netzero.net>
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>Subject: [CR]Ross Signature
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>If this isn't within the timeline please let me know but has anyone >heard of Ross Signature frames.

The "Signature" line was a quality subgroup under Ross, ala "Paramount" under Schwinn... the Signature bikes were very, very good bikes (well, at least until the mark cheapened in the early 'nineties and moved to Taiwan).
>I've always thought of Ross as akin to >Huffy but I've heard of several reputable framebuilders touting their >time spent building the Ross Signature frames. The builders that come >to mind are Redclay and Kellogg. Were these frames something special?

Yes.

Garrison Hilliard
Nowhere, Nirvana