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Ross was a bicycle brand that manufactured over 15 million bicycles in the United States between 1946 and 1988. The company, which competed with domestic bicycle manufacturers as Schwinn and Huffy, was widely noted for its pioneering marketing of mountain bikes. ==History== Ross was started by Albert Ross as ''Ross Galvanizing Works'' in 1940 "manufacturing and galvanizing pipes and pipe fittings for the fencing industry and later galvanized steel parts for military ships during World War II."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Bicycle Retailer, June 5, 2013, Lynette Carpiet )〕 After WWII, it was incorporated as ''Chain Bike Corp.'' in 1946,〔 and changed the name to ''Ross Bicycles Inc.'' in 1982. Its headquarters were in Rockaway Beach, Queens, and manufacturing was in Allentown, Pennsylvania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Ross Bicycle )〕 Ross moved bicycle production to Taiwan in 1986 and filled for bankruptcy protection in 1988.〔 In addition to bicycles, Ross manufactured ammunition boxes for the US government at its Lehigh facility and cited the government contract as the source of its financial difficulties at the time of filing for Chapter 11 protection.〔 The Ross name was purchased by Rand Cycle in Farmingdale, New York, which suffered a recall of 11,000 mountain bikes in 1998. Randy Ross, grandson of Albert, introduced a stair stepper bike in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Ross History )〕 Albert Ross' son Sherwood (Jerry) B. Ross (1921-2013)〔 was CEO of Ross Bicycles from 1946 to 1990,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Curricula Vitae for Professor Sherwood B. Ross, BSME )〕 held several bicycle-related patents,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Sherwood B Ross: Inventor )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Inventor: Ross; Sherwood B. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Patents by Inventor Sherwood B. Ross )〕 served as President of the Bicycle Institute of America (BIA)〔 and the Bicycle Manufacturers Association (BMA),〔 and acted as an expert witness in product liability cases.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Professor Sherwood B Ross - Expert Witness: Bicycles, Scooters, Treadmills, Wheelchairs )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Sherwood B. Ross, BSME, Professor )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ross (bicycles)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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