Any link about Speed Ross Recumbent photos, specs, details etc.

Do anybody know where can I find old "Speed Ross" Recumbent photos,
specifications, details, etc?

Thanks,

Mr.Sea

Mr.Sea wrote:
Do anybody know where can I find old "Speed Ross" Recumbent photos,
specifications, details, etc?

There's a couple of sources I can suggest. Orbit Cycles (see
http://www.orbit-cycles.co.uk made the S-R under license as the Orbit
Crystal for some while, so I imagine they can tell you the basic details
fairly well (for a pic of a Crystal, there's one at
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/cycling.htm).

Eventually, Ben Cooper at Kinetics (http://kinetics.org.uk) bought the
rights and bits to make the bikes, but eventually concluded that the
sort of cost they'd come in at wouldn't be competitive with various
continental speed machines, so I don't think he ever made any. But he
can almost certainly tell you exactly what the specs and details were.

Mine was a Crystal rather than a "genuine" Ross, but the basics should
be the same. Quite light, mesh seat, 700c rear and 20" front, boom
length adjusted for different rider sizes. No suspension, overseat
steering (as you'll see in that picture, not a tiller) and they were
good at Going Quite Fast.
A speedbag was available from Peter Ross, and various examples sport them.

HTH, Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

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Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

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aka
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:41:25 +0300, Mr.Sea wrote:

Do anybody know where can I find old "Speed Ross" Recumbent photos,
specifications, details, etc?

I've got a pdf of the 2002 brochure/specification, and somewhere, a paper
copy of the 1998 spec, several photos of my own 1998 bike too. I do know
of at least three older Rosses locally, so photos are them are feasible.
Is your "Reply-to:" a real address?



Mike

Mike Causer wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:41:25 +0300, Mr.Sea wrote:


Do anybody know where can I find old "Speed Ross" Recumbent photos,
specifications, details, etc?


I've got a pdf of the 2002 brochure/specification, and somewhere, a paper
copy of the 1998 spec, several photos of my own 1998 bike too. I do know
of at least three older Rosses locally, so photos are them are feasible.
Is your "Reply-to:" a real address?



Mike

Hello Mike,

Yes, my reply to address is a real address, so please send me the pdf,
photos and whatever you can

Thank you very much

Mr.Sea