Raleigh Randonneur 708 1997

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

100mm from memory. Black Sakae SR.

 

[winjohn]

Ha ha when I saw that question I thought " Hmmm I think I know a bloke who knows."

T cut and polished up my Royal yesterday. I'm not sure Mrs Winjohn agrees with our new table decoration though.

 

[gilmo789]

Doea anyone know what size stem the 22.5 inch frame came with?

Mine is a 22.5. The stem it came with was 105mm. I think it was original - Sakae stuff.
I bought it second hand though and have since changed it

 

[peetee]

Hate to put a damper on this thread (I thought my 708 was my forever bike) but I’ve now heard of a second 708 frame cracking. https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=163522
In my experience, that’s unusual for Reynolds frames.
Mine went on the down tube and chainstay. The other bike on the top tube.
So I’d say, enjoy your bikes but check them regularly. That said, don’t worry too much. They are steel and well engineered so failures are unlikely to be catastrophic.