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Have been re-assessing my bike needs, and much as I love it, I’m not riding my Randonneur enough; I’d like it to go to a new home.
Full bike as pictured for sale. Has many quality but discontinued parts (see below) and so offers a chance to get hold of a well sorted classic tourer that would now be very difficult to build up from a frame, which in themselves are getting scarce.
Chances are if you are looking at this that you’ll know how special the 708 Special Products Division Randonneurs are, but check out the background to these bikes on my build thread here.
This one is from 1997, has original paint and is 22 and a bit inches top tube and seat tube. (I normally take a 23” racing frame, and tried a 23” Randonneur but found it a bit big; this set up with a tall stem and a bit of post I find really responsive and stable loaded.) It’s had light use and is not pristine, but is very presentable. (See the pics for condition - I’ve zero’d in on the imperfections.)
I’m looking for £500 as shown with the Brooks Titanium Swift. Touring saddles are personal, so I’d be happy to sell without a saddle for £450, or substitute a new & unused (still on the card) B17 special in tan/copper for the Swift.
I’d prefer to hand it over in person and am happy to travel a reasonable distance (from York) to meet halfway. If necessary, I could post it, but it might take a while to organise and is unlikely to be cheap (budget at least an extra £50 U.K. - I’d obviously only pass on what it costs me, but whole bikes can get pricey. Goodness knows what international shipping is like). I’m not interested in splitting it for parts.
More pictures below along with a list of key components. Do message me if you need more details.
Parts description:
Nitto stem and Randonneur bars; Newbaums cotton tape.
Dia Compe Gran compe drilled brake levers.
Tektro CR 720 cantilever brakes (discontinued, one of the best designs).
Brooks Swift titanium saddle in Honey.
Twin bolt layback seat post (I think this is from a batch that Planet X got hold of and branded- basically a rebadged Velo Orange Grand Cru).
SKS longboard mudguards with factory flaps. These are discontinued and hens’ teeth rare; seriously - I will regret selling these the most. The crème caramel colour really really sets off the blue frame.
Titanium bottom bracket (Token I beleive).
Velo Orange pedals. Really light and silky smooth - don’t think they’re making them now. Alloy MKS clips and Christophe straps.
Zefal HPX classic pump. Alloy. Discontinued sadly. Best frame pump ever.
Nitto style wire bottle cages; can’t remember where I got these, but they are solid,
Tyres are 33mm Jack Browns - designed by Rivendell and made by Panaracer. Super supple, sadly discontinued. I will include a new and unused blue label spare.
Dura Ace 9 speed shifters. Nearly new and worth a bomb these days. They mate perfectly with the XT 9 speed cassette (remember that this has 135 mm rear OLN spacing so can take MTB range cassettes.)
Original Campag (Athena?) headset. Hewn from pure silvery adamantine; will outlast us all.
Original Mavic T261 rims on Shimano Parallax hubs.
Thanks for getting this far.
Full bike as pictured for sale. Has many quality but discontinued parts (see below) and so offers a chance to get hold of a well sorted classic tourer that would now be very difficult to build up from a frame, which in themselves are getting scarce.
Chances are if you are looking at this that you’ll know how special the 708 Special Products Division Randonneurs are, but check out the background to these bikes on my build thread here.
This one is from 1997, has original paint and is 22 and a bit inches top tube and seat tube. (I normally take a 23” racing frame, and tried a 23” Randonneur but found it a bit big; this set up with a tall stem and a bit of post I find really responsive and stable loaded.) It’s had light use and is not pristine, but is very presentable. (See the pics for condition - I’ve zero’d in on the imperfections.)
I’m looking for £500 as shown with the Brooks Titanium Swift. Touring saddles are personal, so I’d be happy to sell without a saddle for £450, or substitute a new & unused (still on the card) B17 special in tan/copper for the Swift.
I’d prefer to hand it over in person and am happy to travel a reasonable distance (from York) to meet halfway. If necessary, I could post it, but it might take a while to organise and is unlikely to be cheap (budget at least an extra £50 U.K. - I’d obviously only pass on what it costs me, but whole bikes can get pricey. Goodness knows what international shipping is like). I’m not interested in splitting it for parts.
More pictures below along with a list of key components. Do message me if you need more details.
Parts description:
Nitto stem and Randonneur bars; Newbaums cotton tape.
Dia Compe Gran compe drilled brake levers.
Tektro CR 720 cantilever brakes (discontinued, one of the best designs).
Brooks Swift titanium saddle in Honey.
Twin bolt layback seat post (I think this is from a batch that Planet X got hold of and branded- basically a rebadged Velo Orange Grand Cru).
SKS longboard mudguards with factory flaps. These are discontinued and hens’ teeth rare; seriously - I will regret selling these the most. The crème caramel colour really really sets off the blue frame.
Titanium bottom bracket (Token I beleive).
Velo Orange pedals. Really light and silky smooth - don’t think they’re making them now. Alloy MKS clips and Christophe straps.
Zefal HPX classic pump. Alloy. Discontinued sadly. Best frame pump ever.
Nitto style wire bottle cages; can’t remember where I got these, but they are solid,
Tyres are 33mm Jack Browns - designed by Rivendell and made by Panaracer. Super supple, sadly discontinued. I will include a new and unused blue label spare.
Dura Ace 9 speed shifters. Nearly new and worth a bomb these days. They mate perfectly with the XT 9 speed cassette (remember that this has 135 mm rear OLN spacing so can take MTB range cassettes.)
Original Campag (Athena?) headset. Hewn from pure silvery adamantine; will outlast us all.
Original Mavic T261 rims on Shimano Parallax hubs.
Thanks for getting this far.
