Fred Kelley and Alpine Cycles were a Washington, D.C. institution for much of the 1980s. A racer himself, and a former Maryland State Time Trial Champion, Kelley was a self-starter who shadowed Tom Kellogg for a while before setting up his own frame building and paint shop. He quickly gained a following amongst the many local D.C. area cyclists, and he remarked in a 1987 interview in The Washington Post that he was one of the few frame builders he knew of that “owns his own home and drives a new car.”

From the CR list:

"Alpine Cycles were a product of Georgetown Cycle and Sport. I believe Alpine might have been started and then GC&S bought them. They were located between Rockville and Bethesda, Maryland in Congressional. Danny Wagner gave us a frame as a prize for a road race that our resort sponsored. It was one of their early frames and left a lot to be desired. The quality and workmanship took a steep climb in a short period of time. There were several folks that worked on the frames during that period....I am not mistaken Danny sold off Alpine Cycles when GC&S closed its doors in I believe in the late '80's or
so.."

"Alpine, Built by Fred Kelly, early to mid 1980s, in the Washington DC area.
Fred Kelly consulted Tom Kellogg when he first started his business. Consequently, Alpine frames have a similar look to early Tom Kellogg frames. Very clean workmanship."

" These were very nice frames built in D.C. or nearby Rockville, Maryland during the '70s through the mid to late 1980s. I don't recall the original frame builder's name but eventually the owner and lead builder was a fellow named Fred Kelly.
You still see a number of them in the D.C. area and every one I've seen (a couple of dozen frames) was nicely made. I've borrowed a couple for test rides and found that their good reputation was well founded.
By the way, in those days if you took a frame into Mel Pinto's shop for a frame repair, it was sent out to Alpine."

Bob Hufford
Springfield, MO