1981 Tom Kellogg built ROSS F/F
01-15-19, 08:22 PM
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1981 Tom Kellogg built ROSS F/F
Weird angle makes fork appear bent.
23” frame and fork.... headset included.
45cm chainstays, Touring model. No dings or dents to full Reynolds 531 tubing. Original peacock blue Imron paint that is in fair condition.
$350 cash plus bikefights shipping.
01-15-19, 08:29 PM
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Is the 23 inch measured center to center or center to top? What is the top tube length?
Those were nice bikes.
Those were nice bikes.
01-15-19, 10:25 PM
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I’d like to sell this soon so first with cash in hand gets it. I’ll take PayPal.
Tom Kellogg called it a 23” frame, center BB to top top is 23”.
top tube is 57cm C to C.
Tom Kellogg called it a 23” frame, center BB to top top is 23”.
top tube is 57cm C to C.
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Cruel fate; too bloody small. Jaysus, at 350 that thing would be gone if it were 62. Ouch, looking at this hurts.
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01-16-19, 08:24 AM
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Too big, too small is always the case. I’ll move this over to eBay then.
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01-16-19, 09:42 AM
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SOLD.. thanks hazedguy
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Glad this stayed on the board, if only for the selfish reason I get to see more pictures of it. Congrats, guys!
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01-17-19, 08:59 PM
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Ooh, that was my size. A beautiful frame.
01-18-19, 07:37 AM
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@hazetguy - post pics when it's built pkease.
01-18-19, 08:27 AM
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Can someone enlighten me as to what the big deal is about this frame?
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TK made very few frames...and this is one of them. It’s also 531, beautifully painted...
I have one (all original) as a parts reference if the new owner is interested.
I have one (all original) as a parts reference if the new owner is interested.
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Take a good look at the Fork pics, inner tangs/crown=perfect, thinned headlug=beautiful, radiused Campy tips=priceless.
All the details are top shelf, which Kellogg is well known for, Ross, not so much.
All the details are top shelf, which Kellogg is well known for, Ross, not so much.
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Always thought these were/are cool being from Allentown, the center of the whole "steel is real" universe.
Great call @hazetguy
Great call @hazetguy
