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Currently I am in Lublin, and I have my saddle with me so that I can fit a cover to it. I actually had two old pairs of trousers ready, one in a reddish colour and the other a greyish brown, and I was going to choose which colour I preferred for this job and cut out a section that would fit...

Or, if this an early advert, they may actually have used a photo that was later changed before the launch. I used to work for a motorcycle company, and I could always see detail differences between the advertising photos they used of the late development models and the actual bikes sold.

I do not really remember dynamos at all from when I was a kid, as they were generally only fitted to really old bikes that I was unlikely ever to ride, but instead we had a choice of Everyready electric bicycle lights in chunky plastic designs that had to be removed, or partially removed, every...

Anyway, now we have the Turing story. If you are wondering why a Polish word ends in 'ing', it is like 'camping' or 'Rower' ('Rover'), words simply borrowed from English, like: 'touring'. This is an example of the first Turings, with the tubes welded together. Okay, someone has done a quick...

When is a Romet not a Romet? The company was formed after the Second World War from the remains of a set of prewar companies, and for the first 20 years it was known as ZZR, before it became officially known as 'Romet' - from 'rower' (the Polish word for bicycle, from 'Rover', a British bicycle...

Finally got the chain lengthened and fitted. It took a bit of effort to get the wheel and the axle all aligned and set up, but if I could only remember to get some of those chain links so you can split and fit the chain without a chain splitter tool then I would. I just have to remember to...

I have once again used my former spare front door catch, removing it from my previous seat before I scrapped it. I have also decided to move on from having a wad of washers as spacers on each side and instead use a pair of nuts. This was actually a good move, because trying to squeeze in the...

After the Jubilat, the Wigry is probably the next most popular old Romet around, and this is how I gained my first one. It was missing a crank and pedal when I found it abandoned like this down by our waste bins, along with a much bigger and front-end damaged Amsterdam bike that happened to have...

Here we have three Jubilat 2's that are not mine, but still doing good service. Somewhere I do have a picture of another Zenit, but I cannot find it at the moment. This one looks fairly original, and since it has two baskets fitted then they are using it to seriously shop. The front-to-rear...

This is one the other three Romet Jubilats that I own/have owned and, I don't know whether that is due to luck or not, only one of the five Jubilats have been marked as being a Romet. Some collectors focus on the early models, when the company was still called 'ZZR' instead of 'Romet, others...

I need to work on the rear wheel, as it is missing the spacer that normally fits in the derailleur hub - which has been sitting on the bench for the past two months as I was also not sure whether I would be using this wheel or not. So yesterday I began sorting out all the bits of axle stuff I...

I think that big washer is the wrong way around, as the teeth are intended to stop the axle from sliding forwards in the slot.

If you are applying shiney new tape, it will never suit what you want. Since you have some unsatisfactory yellow tape, then you have something to experiment with. It might have to be a combination of pre-fitting and post-fitting treatment perhaps, plus some artificial damage. You might find...

Ah, I look forward to the glorious shininess!

Here is a classic well-to-do home, with a great floor, lots of plants, cheaply designed furniture – and a very nice Romet Samanta, It has nicer looking front forks than I see on the other small Romets, probably better if you were planning to take the bike off road. This is the frame of a very...

That is very nice, though I think I would faint if something like that came up my road, which while it is getting more popular for riders in the summer, it is all standard stuff. :)

Probably stamped, pressed, brazed and chromed, a real classic technique - but so much nicer now that you have cleaned it up :)

Of course! :) Over the last couple of years I have discovered a whole range of unmarked bikes and other branded bikes that I never really noticed before, marking Romets rise and fall and rise again. I ws even given one a few weeks back.

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...

You just need to find that one person with a broken gear selection handle, who is trying the restore their bike. If only I were that person!