rosefarts

This bike belonged to a friend of my dad. A Tom Kellogg signature Spectrum. Dura Ace 7400 throughout, Silca pump to match, lots of extra parts including an Ideale saddle, extra Spectrum fork, and all the letters between him and Kellogg about the build. Columbus Steel a few years before Spectrum really became a titanium brand.

Funny thing, he didn’t really ride. It collected dust in his basement for 30+ years and saw extremely light use for a few years prior.

I’d been trying to buy it from him for years, knowing he had it and it was in immaculate shape. He just couldn’t part with it, even though his health was failing and he knew he’d never ride it again. When the diagnosis was terminal, he told my dad that the bike was mine once he died.

I now have it. I gave it a fresh tune and have ridden a couple hundred easy miles in the years I’ve had it. I’ll never sell it.