Originally Posted by
Jp42
What does the signature on the left chainstay read?
Jim Redcay made some of these bikes, they can be quite valuable.
It says "Mt. McKinley," the name of the model. It is interesting, to me, that Ross chose a series of west coast mountains as names for their mountain bikes. A nod to the west coast origin (that's right, isn't it?) of mountain bikes, I guess.
Would the numbers stamped into the bottom of the B/B shell contain any information about builder?
580 2529
84 020
I assume they mean 20th bike of 1984. Maybe Model #? Maybe number out of all Custom shop bikes? I don't know.
I read that Tom Kellogg was there for two years, but that he probably left Ross before 1983.