Ross Gran Tour II
11-03-09, 07:22 PM
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Ross Gran Tour II
Picked up this Ross Gran Tour II from a fellow member of our local MTB club. Has 27 inh Weinmann rims and Shimano Acera front and rear derailluers. Frame is in nice shape, a few minor nicks and scratches. Started cleaning it up and the crankset started shining up real nice. Only cost me the price of a new tube. Debating putting some more modern parts I have laying around the garage and using it to tow the kid trailer. No idea what year it is.
11-03-09, 07:42 PM
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Neat find, I think this model was just a notch from the top of the Ross lineup. Ross's better bicycles don't really get the credit they deserve for being some of the nicest American made bikes of their era.
I don't really know the year, but I'll guess mid 1980s.
I don't really know the year, but I'll guess mid 1980s.
11-03-09, 07:46 PM
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Bike looks like a notch from the bottom. Good bike for towing the trailer in the neighborhood, recreational use, loaner, or whatever. Great price!
11-03-09, 07:56 PM
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Here's the one I had. It was an 85 I believe. I sold it because it was too big for me, but I would grab another one if I found it.
11-03-09, 08:00 PM
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This is a great thread for any Ross owner. They have a great history and had some great frame builders involved in their production.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/39115-anybody-know-history-ross-bikes.html
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/39115-anybody-know-history-ross-bikes.html
11-03-09, 08:16 PM
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You gonna eat that?
I never noticed Ross bikes when I was growing up, but the more of them I see on BF, the more I want one. Yours is a nice specimen.
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11-03-09, 08:50 PM
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I think the model line went something like eurotour-eurosport-grantour-super grantour - and then the signature line, which had little in common with the rest of their bikes.
just fer fun, eurotour 3 speed:
eurosport 10 speed (note the front freewheel)
grantour (obviously older than the one at the top of the thread, no "II":
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I just bought a "Ross Professional" Gran Tour to flip - I'll put some cables, tires, and tubes on it to flip. Not a bad bike, but not good either.
03-15-10, 02:00 PM
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I still like my Super Gran Tour.... Great components (Shimano 600 arabesque) and decent wheelset (Araya w/ normandy hubs) Only bummer is that it is heavy
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The later Super Gran tours (I think the IVs) were pretty nice. Ishiwata 024 frames, with 600 arabesque. Some of the earlier ones had a Hi-ten frame and were heavier. There was also the Aristocrat, which was above the Gran Tours and frankly above some of the Signatures.
I completely agree they're a bit on the under-rated side.
The OPs bike is a nice example, and will do well as an all purpose beater
I completely agree they're a bit on the under-rated side.
The OPs bike is a nice example, and will do well as an all purpose beater
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The later Super Gran tours (I think the IVs) were pretty nice. Ishiwata 024 frames, with 600 arabesque. Some of the earlier ones had a Hi-ten frame and were heavier. There was also the Aristocrat, which was above the Gran Tours and frankly above some of the Signatures.
I completely agree they're a bit on the under-rated side.
The OPs bike is a nice example, and will do well as an all purpose beater
I completely agree they're a bit on the under-rated side.
The OPs bike is a nice example, and will do well as an all purpose beater
Hard to tell when the transition from Allentown to Asia came for those bikes, but I would suspect that it happened right about the time they started the Signature line in Allentown. One of these days I got to pick Tom Kellogg's brain about this (among other things like getting fitted for one of his 30th Anniversary custom frames)
Here is my Ross Professional Gran Tour (c. 1976ish - still have a hard time decoding those serials)
