See also: Romet documents

Country: Poland

It’s possible that the history of Romet (and ZZR) goes something like this...

In 1948 the new communist government in Poland nationalised the major bicycle manufacturers, amalgamating them into a single company, possibly called ZZR. This company ended up with a motley assortment of factories in Bydgoszcz, Poznan and Czechowice-Dziedzice.

By 1953 this company had decided that its main bicycle brand would be called Romet and that its main bicycle manufacturing facility would be in Bydgoszcz.

At the peak 1.2 million Romet bicycles were produced a year, and they were exported in significant quantities to the west (I seem to remember some particularly horrible small wheel and folding bicycles). However, within its product range Romet included decent quality racing bikes and even track bikes. More...