SOLD: Raleigh Royal 708, 50ctc

Continuing the cull, this is my girlfriend's bike. In honesty it's a really great frame with pretty unremarkable build. Tubing is Reynolds 708 Touristique, and the frame is clearly high end: thin lugs, metallic sparkly paint, spoke holders on nds chain stay, single sided chainstay mudguard bridge, beautifully curved and thin fork blades. It has mounts for everything and and plenty of clearance (pictured with 700c x 32). It's really great on the road, even I rode it a few times on French roads for a laugh (I'm 6'1) and it's super nice. It deserves better than the build it has:

• Shimano Alivio hubs on Alesia rims
  
• Sugino 170mm cranks
  
• 3 x 7 Shimano Alive with new Shimano thumbshifters
  
• erm, not much else worth mentioning
  
  

Comes with comedy light, a front rack and SKS chromoplastics (if you want to). Doesn't come with the Selle Italia, but I can put a generic saddle so it's rideable. Measurements are:

• 50 ctc seat tube
  
• 53 ctc top tube
  
  

Which makes it pretty much a Surly, but with some mysterious tubing ('special section'?).

Price: £290

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Detail of the mudguard mount and spoke holder

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Looks like a great little bike, GLWS

708 is one of the best tubesets Reynolds ever made IMHO. Way better than the stuff Surly use. Buy it now and use it forever.

Nice frame, my sister is interested. Messaging now.

Is this beauty still up?

Still available?

Yes, there's a viewing arranged for tomorrow but it's still here for now

Cool fax - 708 tubing is rifled inside, like the barrel of a gun apprently

Sold, thanks all