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$750 OBO 1989 Masi Gran Criterium Vintage Road Bike 54cm U.S. Built Frame Material: Steel Assembled by Joe Starck Paint by Jim Allen Serial Number 9045 (stamped on bottom bracket) M54 (stamped on.

Ross Bicycles Inc. manufactured over 15 million bicycles^[3] under the Ross brand, between 1946 and 1988. The company began in Williamsburg, New York, later moving its headquarters and manufacturing to Rockaway Beach, Queens.^[4] The headquarters remained in Rockaway when manufacturing was later moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania^[5] — Sherwood Ross, against the advice of his vice president Randy Ross, retooled the Allentown Pennsylvania factory and experimented in unrelated bicycle endeavors involving government contracts. Randy Ross moved Ross bicycles manufacturing to Taiwan to keep margins competitive and bicycle manufacturing profitable, but Sherwood Ross's decision to keep the Allentown factory working on government contracts, ultimately led to the company having to file for bankruptcy protection in 1988. Ganapathi songs in telugu online free download mp3 dj. Ross Bicycles was re-established on July 31, 2017 by Shaun Ross, the current CEO of Ross Bicycles.

Ross competed domestically with bicycle manufacturers including Schwinn and Huffy — and was noted as a pioneering manufacturer of mountain bikes.

History[edit]

Ross was started by Albert Ross as Ross Galvanizing Works in 1940^[6] 'manufacturing and galvanizing pipes and pipe fittings for the fencing industry and later galvanized steel parts for military ships during World War II.'^[7] After World War II, it was incorporated as Chain Bike Corp. in 1946.

Ross' first factory was on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, New York, near the Schaefer Brewery and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The company moved to Beach 79th Street in Rockaway Beach, Queens (now Far Rockaway) some time around 1960,^[8] the company was renamed Ross Bicycles Inc. on May 21, 1982,^{[9][2][10][4]} and in 1973 manufacturing was moved to a new, purpose-built plant in Allentown, Pennsylvania.^[5]In 1982, Ross Bicycles was the first ever bicycle manufacturer to mass produce the mountain bike. In 1983, Randy Ross created the first mountain bike race team, the Ross Indians. Ross had models that directly competed with the Schwinn Side Winder called the Ross Diamond Cruiser. Ross introduced their first production MTB, the Force 1, during the first Interbike Show in October 1982 the bikes name was later changed to the Mt. Hood. In early 1982 Ross Signature (hand made bike department) was making custom Mountain bikes. Jim Redcay was the builder (Tom Kellogg was working on Road Bikes). Jim was also involved in the Force 1 frame development. This was the first bike Ross had built in Allentown with cantilever brakes. The Allentown factory was said to be retooled for government contracts by Sherwood Ross. Ross moved bicycle production to Taiwan in 1986 to keep the margins profitable, but the government contracts and financial strain from the Allentown factories unsuccessful government endeavors, led to Ross Bicycles filling for bankruptcy protection in 1988.^[1]

In addition to bicycles, Ross manufactured ammunition boxes for the US government at its Lehigh facility and cited the government contract as the source of its financial difficulties at the time of filing for Chapter 11 protection.^[1]

The Ross name was purchased by Rand Cycle in Farmingdale, New York, which suffered a recall of 11,000 mountain bikes in 1998.^[11] Randy Ross, grandson of Albert, introduced a stair stepper bike in 2007.^[12] Shaun Ross re-established Ross Bicycles in 2017 on July 31.

Albert Ross' son Sherwood (Jerry) B. Ross (1921-2013)^[7] was CEO of Ross Bicycles from 1946 to 1990,^[13] held several bicycle-related patents,^{[14][15][16][17][18]} served as President of the Bicycle Institute of America (BIA)^[13] and the Bicycle Manufacturers Association (BMA),^[13] and acted as an expert witness in product liability cases.^[13]

Bicycles[edit]

Ross began making bicycles in 1946,^[19] and by the late 1960s, Ross manufactured about 1 million bicycles per year.^[3] By 1985, it had sold 10 million bicycles. The company, still known as Chain Bicycle Corporation, marketed bikes under the Ross brand,^[20] including children's bikes as well as BMX, touring, cruiser, mountain, racing, wheelie, and stationary exercise bicycles.^[2]

In 1968, Ross joined the muscle bike craze with models such as the Marlin with a 'Console Mounted Stick Brake', the Barracuda with a 'Chrome Twin Stick Shift Console', and the Barracuda Beast with a 'Futura Sports Car Steering Wheel'.^[21][22]

In 1982, Ross introduced one of the first production mountain bikes, the Force One at Interbike,^[23][24] and in 1983, they launched the first professional factory sponsored mountain bike race team, the Ross Indians.^[25]

With the rising popularity of mountain bikes, Randy Ross, Sherwood Ross's son and executive vice president of Ross Bicycles Inc., said in the New York Times 'these bikes are one of the biggest things that ever happened to the biking industry. Its basic look constitutes 'a total shift in image' for the industry.'^[26] By 1989, Nyle Nims, at the time a vice president at Ross Bicycles (and later founder of Cycle Force Group), said 40 percent of bicycle sales were mountain bikes, adding 'we see a lot of people who previously owned the dropped bar, 10-speed bike buying the wide-tire bikes, they are people who don't want to ride fast; they want to ride for recreation.'^[27]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcMoylan, Tom (February 11, 1988). 'Ross Bicycle Files For Bankruptcy - U.S. Contract Blamed In Move'. The Morning Call. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
2. ^ ^abcUnited States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. (July 22, 1985). 'ROSS BICYCLES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CYCLES USA, INC., Defendant-Appellee'. Public.Resource.Org. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
3. ^ ^abMoynihan, Colin (March 15, 2008). 'A Blue Ross 10-Speed Isn't Hard to Find; A Bomber Who Rode It Is'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
4. ^ ^abLloyd, Barbara (May 22, 1989). 'ON YOUR OWN; Bicycle Oldies Are Making Good'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
5. ^ ^ab'Ross Bicycle'. Fine Vintage Collectibles. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
6. ^Hardy Menagh (2008). 'History of the ROSS Bicycles Company 1946 - 1989'. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
7. ^ ^ab'Engineer behind Ross Bicycles remembered'. Bicycle Retailer, June 5, 2013, Lynette Carpiet.
8. ^COLIN MOYNIHAN (December 2, 2004). 'A Blue Ross 10-Speed Isn't Hard to Find; A Bomber Who Rode It Is'. The New York Times.
9. ^'Ross Bicycles, Inc., Plaintiff-appellant, v. Cycles Usa, Inc., Defendant-appellee, 765 F.2d 1502 (11th Cir. 1985)'. Justia.com. July 22, 1985.
10. ^Howie Cohen. 'Chain Bike Corp of Rockaway Beach, New York'. Everything Bicycles. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
11. ^'CPSC, Rand/Ross Bicycle Co. Announce Recall to Repair Mountain Bikes'. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). April 27, 1998. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
12. ^'Ross History'. MOMBAT. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
13. ^ ^abcd'Curricula Vitae for Professor Sherwood B. Ross, BSME'. witness.net. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
14. ^'Patent number: 2997145 - Wheel Hub for Disc Type Coaster Brakes, Sherwood B. Ross et al'. google.com. Aug 22, 1961. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
15. ^'Patent number: 3473404 - Operating-Lever Console for a Gearshift Mechanism or the like, Sherwood B. Ross et al'. google.com. Oct 21, 1969. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
16. ^'Sherwood B Ross: Inventor'. PatentBuddy.com. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
17. ^'Inventor: Ross; Sherwood B.' PatentGenius.com. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
18. ^'Patents by Inventor Sherwood B. Ross'. Justia.com. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
19. ^'Bicycle History'. SoCalBicycles.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-02. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
20. ^DANIEL E. SLOTNIK (June 18, 2013). 'Sherwood Ross, President of Ross Bicycles, Dies at 92'. The New York Times.
21. ^John Brain. 'Volume Three: The third five years, 1968-'73'.
22. ^Mark Wilson. 'The Ross model 494-3 Barracuda Beast with the Futura steering wheel'. The New England Muscle Bicycle Museum. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
23. ^'John Kirkpatrick'. Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
24. ^'1983 Ross Force 1 - Ross Indians Mountain Bike Team Bicycle'. GhostNation.Org. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
25. ^John Kirkpatrick (1985). 'Ross Indians'. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
26. ^JOSEPH GIOVANNINI (July 30, 1983). 'A STURDY MOUNTAIN BIKE WINS HEARTS IN THE CITY'. The New York Times.
27. ^Barbara Lloyd (May 22, 1989). 'ON YOUR OWN; Bicycle Oldies Are Making Good'. The New York Times.

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MASI USA Bicycle Frame serial numbers. Gran Criterium, red-orange, signature on RH side. May we add your MASI USA serial number to this list?

I'm not an expert on vintage bike pricing so can't really help you there (Google prob can) but.this is a cool bike which looks to be in original condition and if your friends dad has really had it that long its probably more about the bike and less about the price. Its not just any random bike, its not a bike thats been built to be 'vintage' its your friends dads and he might have some stories etc that go with it. If you can afford it, I'd be seriously considering it and not stressing too much on the market value.

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It does need a good clean though.Makes me remember when a friend of mine was offered $2k for a vintage longboard he owned. His response was, ' if you're offering me $2k its probably worth at least twice that to me'. When we were on HS his dad rode bikes which we thought was very odd at the time. I believe he had a trainer setup of some kind too. My friend was riding it a few weeks ago and go a flat. He took it to the shop to get fixed and the guy said I can't fix this it has sowups (sp) he had no idea what the guy was talking about.I explained it to him.He's a vintage surfboard collector with some very nice boards.

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I explained the bike to him in those terms but it's just a bike to him.Anyway thanks for the info.Train safe & smartBob. The parts are nice, it was a nice frame, pretty short top tube a fair number of them were around at the time. This site agrees that the price is fair, depending (a lot) on the true condition of the bike.

1. Again, the American Gran Criterium's origin will be confirmed by a four digit (or four digit with an A-D prefix) serial number, in addition to the frame size stamp. After 1974, most Italian Masi Prestiges, Gran Criteriums and 3V's had two or three digit date codes (two digit year followed by one or two digit month).
2. Innovative tubeset that brought Alberto out of the shadow of his renowned father, Faliero Masi. Stiff and responsive makes this ideally suited for a pursuit frame. No serial number so probably a custom frame built by Ted Kirkbride/ Jim Allen with lug lip removed for a smoother appearance.

It looks like a daily driver, so perhaps the price is a little much-The guy in Germany was asking him lots of questions, wanted the serial number, top tube length etc. I was thinking it's too big since it's a 56 and I ride a 54 but if the top tub is short might work.ThanksTrain safe & smartBob. Wasfast wrote:I'd do some searching of the archives on classicrendezvous.com. My own opinion, $1900 is way high for a Gran Criterium.I tend to agree, it's clearly not a mint bike or restored.On older used bikes, things like the seat post collar start to fail or the dropouts get so hammered the wheel slips or corrosion starts in the tubes. On my bike there is only 1 skewer that will keep the rear wheel in place and its not all that old and I have to shim the seatpost with a beer can to keep it from slipping.

There is also some corrosion starting inside the top tube, none of which you'd see in a picture. It's difficult to tell from the pictures and the seller doesn't seem to have much knowledge. Bikes from other Itialian companies of that era are similar in dimensions and would be a nice ride. I ride a Merckx MX Leader which is a wonderful bike with a longer top tube, the cheaper Corsa is also a great find, as are Cinelli, Pinarello, etc. Colnago go for a lot of money, in excess of their value as a daily driver, in my opinion.