Romic's owner Ray Gasorowski (Romic was his nickmname in Polish) is second to Ted in the photo. I didn't know for sure if they raced against each other, but it makes sense, as both spent a number of years in the Chicago area. If you back up a level from this link, you can navigate to the main Romic page. It has a history and a gallery, including my Romic tourer.
Ray was a fixture in the Houston area for a couple of decades. I don't think any Houston framebuilder before or since has been as well known.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
> From: loudeeter@aol.com <loudeeter@aol.com>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR] Ted Ernst in Picture--Romic Tribute
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 12:17 PM
\r?\n> http://www-hsc.usc.edu/
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\r?\n> Above is a link to a tribute to Romic. Interestingly,
\r?\n> the picture on this site shows a race, with Ted Ernst
\r?\n> leading out to win. Another listmember sent
\r?\n> this to me. I believe the site is also done by a
\r?\n> listmember. Thanks. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL USA