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@Crimson_Ghost
Been MIA, hello everyone!
Nothing too fancy, just a Romet Special, but from 1989, so not that common. You can see the Reynolds fork crown (yep, the whole thing is built on Reynolds 531, just like any other Special frame since their conception - they could've gone with something a tad lighter, but nope) and there's also a fancy V-shaped aero brake bridge. This one is going to be blue and white.
Whoop whoooop. Now that's something. Original WAJA track frameset. Yup, track. Okay, we all know that it's just an Alan Competition from around 73-74, but the funny thing is, that it's the decals that make it so rare. And these are original. WAJA or Walter Jakubowski was the guy that introduced Alan frames to Polish cyclists in the 70's. He just put his self-made decals on them and shipped to Poland, probably from Germany where he had his shop (I may still have a postcard stashed somewhere with the address). These frames were so popular and highly regarded among riders, that to this day people think that WAJA = aluminum frameset (Alan), whereas he imported steel frames as well - Stelbel and Pettenella for example. Some old coaches even think that he himself made them. Also, supposedly he was responsible for inviting Cazzaniga/OSCA to Poland. Even though this is technically a road frameset, it was used on track as it has the RD hanger sawed off.
As seen here (Czeslaw Lang):
and here (Jan Jankiewicz):
I'm still debating whether to build it up for track or for road. But for period-correctness, I'll probably go for the former option.
This is a Cinelli. I like the colour.