With this singular goal, Spectrum founder and president Tom Kellogg began building frames under the Spectrum name in 1982. That same year the company was incorporated.  In 1985 Tom employed Master frame builder and long-time friend Jeff Duser.

Today the Spectrum facilities are housed in a 175-year-old stone barn located in the heart of the Lehigh Valley of eastern Pennsylvania.  At Spectrum, Tom and Jeff are still dedicated to the design and construction of the finest custom steel and titanium frames and bicycles available.  Tom Kellogg and Jeff Duser are Spectrum Cycles.

TIME-LINE

• May, 1976 - Tom graduates from The University of Rochester with a BA in Sociology, signs on as an apprentice with Bill Boston (custom frame builder) of Sweedsboro, NJ.
• September 1976- Obsessed with bicycle construction, Tom secretly builds his first hand made frames in a shed in New Hampshire.
• October 1976-Kellogg moves to Allentown, PA. and sets up shop as Tom Kellogg Frames.
• 1977 - November, 1980 Tom Kellogg Frames are ridden to two professional world championships, two amateur silver world medals and over 20 national championships. 
• November, 1980 - June, 1982 - Tom sets up the legendary "Signature" department at Ross Bicycles and develops the Ross Signature line. After a motorcycle accident, Tom leaves Ross Bicycles and founds Spectrum Cycles.
• Tom hires Ross Bicycles Master Builder Jeff Duser away from the Signature Division of Ross in March, '85.
• Winter of '87-'88 - Tom Kellogg works with newly formed Merlin Metal Works to develop the first "modern" titanium road frame and production begins 2/88.
• The first Spectrum Custom Titanium bicycles are built in 7/88.
• Tom tests the first "Super" or "Extra-Light" in October '91 and Titanium Frames are forever changed.
• Spectrum conducts the testing of Time's first carbon fork during summer of '93. The first prototype is virtually unrideable. Time is persuaded to improve the fork for Merlin and Spectrum to Tom's specifications. Since then, Tom has been asked to road test many of the top carbon forks now on the market. His prototype and testing skills are sought after by the best in the industry.
• Spectrum continues consulting Merlin Metal works in an ongoing basis as their new products are developed and tested. 
• Tom acts as Reynolds' outside consultant in the development of the Reynolds UL high performance fork. He was instrumental in determining the various ride and stiffness characteristics. He developed new bench testing procedures now used only by Reynolds to ensure superior performance.
• Spectrum's 25^th anniversary steel bicycles are conceived to celebrate a quarter century of Spectrum excellence. 25 special edition, numbered frames custom built by Tom and Jeff...most to beautiful to ride.
• Spectrum's 30^th anniversary steel bicycles were developed to honor the classic builders who were Tom's mentors when he started building in the mid 70s. Using only materials available by the late 70s, these frames are true classics. Hand numbered frames custom built by Tom and Jeff... click here for more details.
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• Custom Steel frames are available for Road, Track, Touring, Tri. and Cyclo-X (sorry, we don't do mountain bikes).
• All Custom Titanium frames are designed by Tom Kellogg and built in partnership with Merlin Metal Works.
• All frames include: frame, fork, headset and bottle.
• Spectrum recommends WoundUp, Reynolds, or AlphaQ forks to complement our Custom Titanium frames (which one is up to you…Custom means Custom).
• Though Spectrum Cycles recommends Chris King headsets, the choice is yours.
• Steel road frames include classically elegant nickel-plated dropout faces.
• Columbus, Reynolds, True Temper, Dedacciai, and others manufacture Spectrum steel tubing. We choose each tube individually to tweak the frame qualities for you. Therefore complete tube-sets, though cheaper to build with, are not used.
• Our Lugs are our own hand made lugs..  We obsessively work the lugs, finishing them to our exacting specifications to ensure maximum strength and superior finish.
• At Spectrum, there is no standard finish.  You dream it, we create it using over 100 stock Imron colors plus an exotic assortment of neons, candies, pearls, and traveling colors.  Titanium frames are also available in natural brushed Ti and clear-coated Ti.  Some paint options cost more than others but all are worth it.

• Spectrum Titanium frames are unique with Spectrum's exclusive glass smooth welds, a totally clean look, and full compliment of braze-ons.
• Pricing: since each bike is unique, pricing depends on the choices you make.  Here are some average prices: 
• Custom Steel track - 2350.00
• Custom Steel Road - 2750.00
• Custom Titanium, straight gauge - 3400.00
• Custom Titanium SUPER (double butted) - 3800.00
• Custom Steel tandems - 04900.00 and up.