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  1. GeePig

    My cranky little problem

    I am in the middle of a difficult problem that effects most of my bikes, because most of them are old Romets, the make of bike that almost everyone who was going to ride a bike in communist Poland would have to ride. The company, created from some prewar bicycle companies in the late 1940s...
  2. GeePig

    BIKES FROM POLAND

    Over the past few years my idea of Polish bikes has changed. When I arrived here some 26 years ago it was rare to see a bicycle in use in the cities, although quite common in rural areas. The most common make of bike was Romet, and while they are recovering as a company, most bikes seem to be...
  3. GeePig

    Al Fur

    I have a bike frame with only one wheel, a small stock of other bike bits and pieces plus whatever other rubbish I can and have found - what could go wrong? One of my wife's friends brought it over all the way from the city after she and her sons had a bit of a sort out in the basement. It is...
  4. GeePig

    ZASADA

    I had a lot of fun riding this up and down our largely straight hill top road in the sun after finally taking it out of the workshop :)
  5. GeePig

    Zasada Rides Again

    Since I live in Poland I decided that it would be good if I focussed mainly on Polish bikes, and when people here think of older Polish bikes then it is Romet that comes to mind. Now here is a funny thing, because some time ago I came across an old Romet Wigry, with 20" wheels, dumped down by...
  6. GeePig

    Alfa Laughter

    Well, I am glad to be back, and I am trying to be as laid back this time as I was during the summer. well, one can hope. My intention this time is to continue my work on my last winter's bike, with the only problem being that I have since reused my forks on the bike I did back in the summer...
  7. GeePig

    Somet hingO rOther

    Here we are, with the gravel bike racer, which could also be a light racing motorbike from early in the 20th century. It has a mix of parts from the last 40 years, and could also be quickly folded and fitted in the back of my car. Practicality, style, purpose - it has all of these, and all at...
  8. GeePig

    Somet Hingo Rother

    OMG, we've started and I haven't... These were my five Romet Jubilats, only one of them is marked up as that, while the Zenit is the one of the far right. You cannot see much, except everything around the handlebars - including the three cables.
  9. GeePig

    BE(a)ST Arrival

    Well, it's here, done, finished, ready, yay! It has been a long road, with many things happening that have attempted to keep me from completing the task - from a loss of recent memory to war breaking out in the next door country. It has been a busy time in my garages too, having started in my...
  10. GeePig

    Zenit likes it rough

    This is Zenit, a Polish folder that is seeking a new life offroad. Actually, I am not sure what it is. Back in communist times there was a company called Romet that made most of the bikes seen on the roads, and you could tell what a bike was because they would write 'Romet' and the name of the...
  11. GeePig

    Arrival of the BE(a)ST

    Many, many years ago I built a series of bikes from old Honda Cubs, the C50, C70 and C90, using whatever material I could find either in my garage or in the unwanted section of the local bike breakers. My most used one had a Kawasaki tank fitted, and did a lot of miles off-road - not only in the...
  12. GeePig

    Turing packs its bags

    It has been some weeks since I finished the Ten Turing build, where I turned the remains of a scrappy farmer's bike into something that looked like it had a kind of racing pedigree. The last time it was on here it looked like this: It is no longer kept in the sticks, because by removing the...
  13. GeePig

    The Three Barn Find

    If there is one thing that the pandemic did, it was to make my wife realise that she could change her life. After spending all her working life in the same university department doing the same job essentially the same way, she was forced to learn how to do that job online. So if she could work...
  14. GeePig

    Ten Turing - the Coalshed Racer

    It has been a great few months, with everything I have done also pushing progress on converting my coalshed into a small workshop - and loving being able to read everything that everyone else has been doing. So here it is, from village trash to international racer, Ten Turing!
  15. GeePig

    Ten Turing - Tales from the Coalshed: Coming of the Coalshed Racer

    Well, here goes, I suppose, because already I have doubts as to the value of my project - best to get them out of the way early, I say. My bike is a Romet Turing 2, made in Poland and given to me by the cousin of the people from whom we recently bought a small farm, after I found it dusty and...
  16. GeePig

    From a coal shed

    Working from home has meant I have gained an hour and a half every day that I formerly spent commuting. Working from home has meant I have lost an hour and a half every day that I formerly had all to myself. Romet Turing 2 and Romet Jubilat 2, in classic Communist Poland red with aluminium...
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