Raleigh Randonneur 708

[doctor-bond]

Fab bikes. here’s a link to mine:

Randonneur

Following a recent lull in retro riding I took mine for a 70 miler the other day - forgot how good they are.

I’d say Nitto for stem and bars: I swapped the dirt drops for some, er Randonneurs. The stock LX brakes are heavy and meh: Dia. compe CR 720s are reasonable and very effective. Paul’s are prettier. Make sure you get good levers. It took a couple of attempts to find decent aero ones, but in the end I found Gran Compes to be the best.



Front dynohub is a great idea and on my list. For rims, quite wide 26mm with 33mm tyres work well. Spa cycles are good for rims.

 

[Momo79]

Thank you! Will definitely check out Spa Cycles for wheels/rims…and your recommendations for brakes. Lovely to hear from yet another Raleigh Randonneur enthusiast!

 

[doctor-bond]

Typo on the brakes: should have said Tektro CR720 not Dia Compe (get em while you can - they look to be becoming scarce like so many good cycling components these days…)

 

[scooter]

Here’s mine , Double 9 speed set up with 50/34 Chainset & 11/36 cassette
Rims are Mavic A319 with 32mm panaracer pasela tyres .

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Here's mine in black hammerite