Raleigh Royal Audax / Randonneur

Really like that bike. Great thread!

cheers

Some randonneur bars?
The squiggly bend bars ruin it IMHO....

You will see my solution in my next post below

That bikes lovely, looks just as you say one you can jump on and ride, no matter where or how far. Lovely.

What did you do with the drailier/shifter/rear spacing going from freewheel to cassette and gaining a cog?

I took it to an excellent bike shop in Carmarthen called hobbs cycles, he re-spaced it to 135mm. Really took his time to make sure it was right, cost me under a tenner and said if I could ride the bike he build with opposite steering for more than 5m I could have the work done for free. I could not do it, but i was happy to pay.

what a lovely looking bike, really makes me want to build a nice classic tourer style bike, just wouldn't know where to start in regards to choosing a frame.

keep up the good work!

^Just make sure it has front and rear rack mounts, +/- cantilever brake mounts to give enough clearance for mudguards.

This is true, but you can get away with mudguard mounts and dual piviots if you're on a budget/not going to be carrying a huge amount of stuff.