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This is the Flaming, another folder, and the only one that I remember seeing in reality. Romet spent a lot of effort producing a range of step-thru designs in 20 and 24 inch designs, including the Jubilat (24"), Wigry (20") and the Flaming (20"), and all essentially using the same 24" or 20"...

As we are getting older, this is certainly something to think about ;)

Ah yes, the darn 30 days in November. Seeing your modern Scott bike there reminds me of the similar bike I received this year, that it would be good to repaint and build something with.

I think you bike is now fantastic, I especially like the later wheels on there! :)

Have you considered trying the handlebars the other way up?

These are the most common type of crank and sprocket you can find on a Romet, as they were fitted to the most popular bikes - the Wigry, Jubilat and Turing - as well as many others. The crank on the right is worn out, and yet the one of the left is still in good condition - but they are both...

I think on Thursday, as that is the end of the month and so many people are putting their bikes in the finish section :)

Have you considered lifting the handlebars to closer to the level of the seat to make it more comfortable to ride? I love the innertubes on the handlebars :)

Wifie found this bike, and it is something that I have never seen before. Well, the frame is clearly a Romet Jubilat design, but I am not sure of the origins of the Zefir name - it sounds classically Romet, similar to my Zenit version of the Jubilat. So the frame is classic Jubilat, while the...

I finally finished getting the main cover on the seat, and I am very pleased with the tacks even though they were a bit difficult to install, but at least they got easier to fit the more I fitted. The creases were sadly unavoidable, but I am going to use a different design for the next seat...

Yes I used to have a lot of motorbikes from the 1970s, and yes I remember that strap well, and yes I have been making one for this bike! It is just a pity that I have nothing at the moment to make that chrome trim that they used to fit around the seats. :)

Fitting the cover was a bit of a fiddle but, unlike with my last saddle, I decided to just put a single tack at each end, and then began in the middle of the sides. Then I worked on both sides until I reached each end. I did not have one of those tools for holding the tacks while fitting each...

The BB is higher than the rear axle, which is OK for BMX bikes, but maybe here it looks a little unusual, like it was tipping up the rear of the bike. If the front forks were curved to bring the front wheel forwards it might bring the BB down enough to have a more comfortable stance. Or this is...

Ah yes, I can remember such phones, from when I was very, very young. We still have a chunky socket in the kitchen in our country home, here in Poland, and I remember that we had sockets on the wall in our 1950s apartment that were designed for telephones, but never had one plugged in, and by...

Here is a few bits from some Romets, probably Wigrys. There, on the trailer! I think I have a pair of front wheels from some Wigrys on there, as well as a little bit of the frame. Looking at the rim design, I would say the bikes dated to somewhere between the late 1960s and about 1980. I...

Darn, it snowed last weekend, and this coming weekend I am going to be too busy to visit my bike. This will mean that I will not have time to finish this build. This winter I will not be alone while I work from home and wifie heads off to her university, as one of our cats has come back to the...

Ah, that is what I like, a bike built as a temporary diversion rather than a permanent reroute.

I love the building too! And the bike as well ;) Sadly many people develop no taste for architecture, and seem to get stuck in the past or the present, whatever they have been told they should love and hate. I remember when reading old detective novels, Victorian era buildings were slammed as...

I have gone one stage further, in that I only work on parts now, and eventually I have enough parts that eventually they can be assembled into something.

Many aeons ago, back when time was more youthful and I certainly was, the whole concept of undercoating with a brush and a tub of tarry undercoat was largely alien and, to be honest, with my decade or so old Minis, was never going to be a success. But I glooped it on, all over my welds, even...