Description: 1976 Romic Light Touring Bike Vintage Reynolds 50cm C to Top Seat Tube 52 cm Top Tube 90mm Head tube . 120mm rear spacing Good tire clearance for gravel can accept 700c or 27" wheel Handbuilt frame made in Texas out of Reynolds 531 with Shimano dropouts, Paint is in FAIR shape with a few little areas that were touched up. Would recommend a refinish Again , Chrome isn’t great but the frame looks like it had low mileage. I believe all of these were entirely chrome plated under paint - If refinish I would suggest using a solution to remove the paint over sand blasting , SEE BELOW FOR A RECENTLY REFINISHED ROMIC - Great Potential About The Builder: ROMAN (Ray) J GASIOROWSKI Born: 09/28/1928 - Passed: 11/16/1996 Ray learned much about bicycle building at the Schwinn factory in Chicago and was close to Rudy Schwinn, one of the old school European engineers that helped make Schwinn the quality name it was. Ray worked as a bicycle design and products engineer. Schwinn actually help fund his industrial engineering studies at IIT Institute. He was involved with Paramount frame building Ray was a first line racer in Chicago. Ray rode in the Vuelta de Mexico, and was a finalist in Olympic trials back in the '50's. He also raced the "Tour of Somerville" (New Jersey) and did well in it. His army service took him to Europe where he was sponsored by the Army to participate in the Olympic road trials. Click this thumbnail to see Ted, Ray and Don at the finish line, in Sherman Park, Chicago, in the Spring of 1950: Ray left Schwinn in 1959 and went to the AMF corporation to head up their production team through the early 70's. After deciding to forge out on his own he spent a couple years getting the logistics in order to open up a shop. During that time he consulted in Russia on a bicycle startup endeavor. His expertise in high quality building techniques and a great eye for efficient building systems made him an invaluable resource that many sought out over the years.
Price: 367 USD
Location: Bonsall, California
End Time: 2024-09-27T01:40:28.000Z
Shipping Cost: 55 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Gender: Unisex Adult
Wheel Size: 27 in
Model: Light
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Frame Size: 52 cm
Type: Light Touring Bike
Color: Black
Vintage: Yes
Frame Material: Reynolds 531
Brand: Romic
