vintage, small (45cm CT), custom lugged steel road bike, Romic, Campagnolo equip

Description: Vintage, small size (45cm CT), custom lugged steel road bike, built in 1978, presumably sized for a small rider. New paint and factory decals. Mostly Campy components: NR (hubs, derailleurs), Gran Sport (brakes, headset), Laprade seat post (with moderate scratches), Suntour cranks, Sugino chainrings. Not sure of bottom bracket maker. Also has Cinelli bars and stem both of which have very significant scratches. The bike brand is Romic which was started by builder Ray Gasiorowski, a former US racer, who started the company in Texas in the 1970s. The brand soon became well known for high quality lugged steel custom road bikes. Gasiorowski passed away in 1996 but the company continued production until the early 2000's. A very informative pair of websites, created by vintage bike enthusiast Rich Pinder tell the bike's interesting history (http://138.68.42.35//Romic.html, https://richpinder.smugmug.com/Bikes/RomicHistory). The bike has 24 inch tubular wheels/tires which are not common these days. However after a lengthy search I was able to locate new 24 inch tubular tires by Vittoria, 21 mm wide, at an Italian bike website, Gambacicli. There are several other websites (Bikeinn, BicycleHero, Triton Cycles), all of which appear to be located in the UK, which also stock this tire. The tires were mounted utilizing rim tape for a very robust adhesion but it is highly recommended that the buyer request a professional mechanic perform a safety check before riding. Note that the photos were taken with the original tires which have now been upgraded to new as noted above. The original tires will be included with the bike although given their likely old age they may not be suitable for riding despite apparently having very little wear.

Price: 350 USD

Location: Bellevue, Washington

End Time: 2024-09-10T00:44:01.000Z

Shipping Cost: 125 USD