Raleigh Randonneur 708 1997

[Super cadet]

Maybe I'm just a bit greedy but here are 2 708 Royals one with Surly inch ahead fork (brilliant) one near standard, ( last photo standard ) one 708 Randonneur with 631 forks off Dawes Galaxy which are better than standard fit and my 531 black Royal and lastly my old Royal 531. Just had a mad buying spree £10 for one frame 50 for surly fork 90 for black royal 150 for green 708

 

[Mark Manley]

This arrived yesterday which I believe it is a 708 Randonneur frame badly in need of some TLC, it was sold as spares or repairs and has the remains of a seatpost stuck in it, I may be investigating the delights of caustic soda at some point or seeing if I can rig it up on my mill and bore the remains out. I was on the look out for another Royal/Granada 531 frame as I would like to change the colour of my everyday ride which has a Granada frame but after riding it back to back with my 708 framed Royal realised how much nicer the latter rode then this came up for sale.
They appear to be the correct forks but from a larger frame, rather than modify them I expect I will find something with the correct stem length but that is for another day, either way nothing will be happening for a while as I have other things to get on with.

 

[Super cadet]

This arrived yesterday which I believe it is a 708 Randonneur frame badly in need of some TLC, it was sold as spares or repairs and has the remains of a seatpost stuck in it, I may be investigating the delights of caustic soda at some point or seeing if I can rig it up on my mill and bore the remains out. I was on the look out for another Royal/Granada 531 frame as I would like to change the colour of my everyday ride which has a Granada frame but after riding it back to back with my 708 framed Royal realised how much nicer the latter rode then this came up for sale.
They appear to be the correct forks but from a larger frame, rather than modify them I expect I will find something with the correct stem length but that is for another day, either way nothing will be happening for a while as I have other things to get on with.

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You could ofcourse use an inch Ahead if height of steerer tube allows, I have 3 off these frames all set up differently but the one with ahead has flat bars with an inch ahead surly forks (frame was a tenner with non original forks) and it rides really well, all depends what you're looking for but its a thought