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More stuff:
Romet Super '87, similar to one I've posted before, only the lugs don't have cutouts on the sides, the fork has oval blades and the colour is slightly more lavender than blue. Plus, it has a POLSKA sticker on the non-drive side (why not on the DS I do not know, makes no sense), so it must've been made for the national team. It may have been used as a training bike or something of that sort, I don't believe they've actually raced them. The tubes are extremely thin, they've even bulged up slightly near some of the lugs (I've checked, it hasn't been crashed), so that one must've been brazed during the night shift, knowamsayin' %) %) %). Which isn't really funny since alcohol consumption is an integral part of Polish culture and the rates are still very high. Anyhow, the whole frameset is very light, much lighter than any of my track Super's. I've bought it without the fork, luckily a friend and a member on here still had one from his Super that I originally pulled out from a warehouse of some cycling club. So that's a nice touch hehe. The plan - full Super Record pista. I only need the right pedal, help me out.
Romet Super '85. Nothing too fancy, but it requires decals that are a bit more rare. See pic below
Plus, I have a track Super to match.
NOS Osca Super Criterium. It's actually identical to the grey one from a couple of pages back. The grey one had a down tube brazed in place of the top tube, this one is just your normal Osca. 58x56, so I'm interested to see how it handles.
I don't even know anymore what these things are. As you may remember I already own two such frames - one is a proper lo-pro, the other a semi lo-pro, and now this - a standard geometry. So umm, hat-trick? I know for certain that the lo-pro is an Osca, as I have a colour pic of it somewhere. The semi lo-pro I'm guessing is an Osca as well, because only Osvaldo could come up with such a geometry in the 80s (they became popular in the late 90s/early 2000s when Rychtarski and Orlowski started making them). This one may be a Romet Super, there are pics that confirm that. For now, I need to have it rebuilt - the downtube is slightly banged up, but I got it for free, so no complaints there.