Girls Ross Bike from the 50's?

cbenge44 · Jul 27, 2012

Good Afternoon

I am new to this and wanted to see if anybody can help me out. I started out with small items at auctions and got hooked on buying some bikes but I don't always know what I am buying. Can anybody help me out? I can post more pics if needed. The rocket light thing is on the front fender it is not missing.Thanks

cbenge44 · Jul 27, 2012

the back seat has a badge on it that says Mesinger also.

kngtmat · Jul 28, 2012

That is a nice bike, very decent score.

Sorry I don't know anything about Ross bicycles, Messenger seats are found on about any bicycle but it looks 1960's.

snarehead123 · Jul 28, 2012

flip it upside down, on the bottom bracket there will be numbers, after the letter r, the first number after the r will be the year, an example would be r6 that would be 1966 because yours is a 60's bike i can tell that by the tank reflectors and the badge. let me know what they are!

cbenge44 · Jul 28, 2012

I could not find anything with an r. I found 11738 on the bottom of the pedal assy. Can you be more precise on where I should be looking? Thanks any idea what it would be worth?

NLCTVWguy · Jul 30, 2012

It's '60s, I turned one of these (built by Ross and badged as a Norwood, store brand) into my "Ground Zero" RRB project bike last year. Same tank and reflectors. The reflectors screw in to secure the tank halves.

I can't get closer than that but if you get the exact model of the rear hub it might help. If it's a Bendix Red Band or RB2, that will narrow it down.

If those tires are original, they may have date code letters or pie-chart stamps, that would give us a chance at a date.

Mine had the same "snowflake" sprocket as well. I didn't find any conclusive dates on any of the components, on mine.

The "Jet Age" styling nails it down to 59-66 but being exact with some of these brands is difficult.

--Rob

cbenge44 · Jul 30, 2012

That is a ton of info, I never even knew this kind of website existed. Thanks for all of the help I have been working on cleaning the dust and crud off of it, it was registered with the Indianapolis Police Dept as some point and time as I find the sticker on the bike. Would I be better off sending this through an auction or posting on a site like Craigslist? What would be a good starting point on the price? Thanks again I also came upon an 8ft long purple Dyno Cruiser and big Chrome Stileto I will post pics as I clean them up. Thanks again for the help.