I think it was me who posted about Ray Gasorowski of Romic and Imron. I've been told offlist that though Ray did die of cancer, it was not connected to his painting or Imron, or so the family believed. Not sure how one would completely disprove the contribution of a potential carcinigen to such an outcome, but perhaps there were strong hereditary factors that the family identified as the likely cause. In addition to my custom built Romic track bike, a junior road bike for my daughter when she was young, and the recently acquired Romic touring bike, Ray also resprayed three frames for me back in the 80's - a 1973 LeJeune, a 1972 Windsor Pro and an early 80's Austro-Daimler Superleicht. He was certainly the best known framebuilder and painter in the Houston for a number of years, and his frames had a surprising;y wide distribution, probably thanks to his former association with Schwinn. My touring Romic has a sticker from a Minneapois LBS.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: James Doolittle <JDoolittle@bentwaterclub.com>
> Subject: [CR]viner from yard sale
> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 9:21 AM
> Jim,
>
> It's somewhat of a long shot but I think my Moretti
> frame was made by
> Viner most likely in 1974 or 1975 and imported by mentor,
> Cesar Moretti
> Jr.. If you go to http://www.wooljersey.com and search using
> "Moretti", you
> will find my frame. If you search the CR archives with
> "Moretti" you
> will find my previous post explaining how I got this frame.
>
>
> I was sad to hear the previous emails regarding Imron and
> Ray Romic, as
> that was who re-sprayed this frame for me many years ago.
> The cycling
> community here lost an original.
>
>
> James Doolittle
> Spring, where it's supposed to be sunny in the 70's
> tomorrow can't wait
> to ride - Texas, USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf
> Of Angel
> Garcia
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:17 PM
> To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS
> Subject: [CR]viner from yard sale
>
> >From Pistoia, Italy. There are still in business.
>
> http://www.viner.it/
>
> Angel Garcia
> Long Valley, NJ
>
> GREETINGS FROM THE STATE OF MAINE
>
>
hi fo
> lks i am jim from augusta maine . last summer while
> returning from a
> logging trip i noticed a large yard sale with a purple bike
> up for grabs
> .
> having seen the campy pedals from the road peeked my
> interest . i
> wasted
> no time in asking the lady if the bike was for sale ? oh
> yes the fine
> lady
> sang , that will be 15 $ after picking my wallet off the
> ground i
> hande
> d her a 20 and it must of been the gals first day of
> handeling money
> bec
> ause she handed me back 15 . dont know much about that
> brand but it
> hand
> els extremely well the rest of the bike is shimano 600 but
> i think that
> bio
> pace crank has got to go . any info would be helpful .
> bikes also owned
> 1974-75-76 px-10 ,1980 peugeot cfx-10,1986eddy mer.,
> love to build wheels, ride hard and collect bikes always
> looking for
> french road bikes and parts
>
>
>
> jim t