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NEW UPDATE: for those buying multiple items, get a few £££ off the cheapest one, will advise of the exact discount once I know the particular item being bought. No more discounts after this as will be adding a few more items soon and then listing unsold stuff up on Evilbay.
NB for those interested in a classy vintage tourer, see my Youngs bike up for sale over on the other forum: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/397905/

NEW UPDATE: for those buying multiple items, get a few £££ off the cheapest one, will advise of the exact discount once I know the particular item being bought. No more discounts after this as will be adding a small batch of extra items soon, plus extra photos for some of the existing stuff being sold, and then listing unsold stuff up on Evilbay.
NB for those interested in a classy vintage tourer, see my Youngs bike up for sale over on the other forum: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/397905/

I have a few SPD-SL pairs you could choose from, as well as cleats, but are you looking for any particular quality? Think I have some quite basic ones up to Ultegra.

Thought it was about time to get this stuff moved on, so price drops on everything. No more after this as the stuff was pretty keenly priced to begin with, anything still remaining will be off to ebay.

If you're still looking, I've a set that are XT but a version a few years older than the PD-M780. If they sound OK I can tell you the model no and send pics etc.

I feel I could have misjudged what to ask for the bike, so updated with a large price drop.

Thanks for your interest in the bike. Re the price, as is my habit immediately after posting a thread, I tend to not enter all the info immediately, but continue adding stuff with the price added last.

I should mention that I’ve fully renovated the bike. I bought it in a state where clearly the bike had had a long and busy life on the road and was obviously well used and requiring a good bit of renovation to make it properly roadworthy. I’d actually only half done this work before putting a hold on it (I’d tried another bike with this frame size and discovered this was a tad too large to really be comfortable for me so had a change of heart re keeping the bike) before I’d responded to a forumer’s wanted ad for a tourer. He wasn’t taken by the bike though, but the activity had refreshed my interest in finishing the restoration, if only so I could sell the bike on. This work involved changing the bike’s gearing setup- it still has it’s original 7 speed gearing but I changed this from downtube shifters to bar end ones. One point here is that I could actually have fitted an 8/9/10 speed gearing setup on the bike, seeing as the modern rear wheel fitted can take any of these cassettes, the new owner will have the option to try this out if it suits him (I’d be happy to provide the gearing kit to make this possible, although he’d have to fit this himself). I've fitted a nice Brooks saddle on the bike, it's probably the same vintage as the frame so suits it well. It's still pretty new looking but having ridden it it’s clearly broke in now. I've checked over the headset (serviced) and bottom bracket and they're in good shape with no play or damage. There's a new chainset fitted. This is the same make and model as the previous one but is in a good bit better shape. There's also a new seatpost. I chose a lengthy one in case the new owner might be taller than myself and so may well prefer to have it extended out further than I would need to have it set up. Nice SKS alloy/plastic mudguards have been fitted. Pedals have also been replaced and now there's an all steel set of KKT Top Runs. Pretty heavy these but a nice solid set of pedals for tough touring duties and also have excellent shiny chrome all round:) The bike has a pretty modern pannier rack fitted. I've also checked the chain and cassette for wear. The chain looks pretty new but I've checked to make sure with a wear gauge and confirmed there's no significant wear. The cassette looks to be around the same age as the chain and there's no real wear I can see. Wheel rims also look pretty new with very little brake wear showing and certainly no concaving of the brake surfaces. The wheels are true and perfectly round. I've given the hub bearing a quick look-over and they look pretty much as new. Tyres are good too. The spec on the bike is largely lower end but stuff I’ve toured on and know to be reliable. The wheels and tyres are pretty special though, especially as the wheels were handbuilt by a well respected builder (Spokesman) and labelled as such. The wheelset’s rims show virtually no wear (see pics showing a card’s edge pressed against rims to indicate no concaving) and wheels are pretty much as new generally.
As mentioned above, the bike has had a full and active life on the road, and this most noticeable when considering the wear and tear to the paintwork on it’s frame. For myself, I class this as healthy ‘patina’ which adds to the look of a quality vintage bike IMO, although I realise that many peeps would take the view that a repaint would be preferable. Whatever the case, the wear is only cosmetic and there’s no dents or rust (beside small scratches that can be treated and varnished over) and the frame and forks are properly aligned and there’s no crash damage to be seen.
I’m aware that there are a good few vintage tourer fans on the forum, and certainly ones who like to have a foot in both vintage and modern camps to appreciate my bike's mixture of old and new kit, as well as enjoying the 'patina' a bike like mine has. And I feel that chaps with such interests would feel equally keen on being able to buy a classic bike with the non traditional setup and 'patina' meaning they can buy at a cheaper price than can normally be expected . Especially looking from the perspective that you don't need the more famous/exotic quality brand names such as Dawes (Galaxy/Super Galaxy), Bob Jackson and Thorn et al that IMO don't offer significant improvements to justify the extra outlay over a bike like mine sold for a reasonable cost. A forum donation will be made if it sells on the site.
Price: £250>>> £200>>> £190>>> £180

THREAD UPDATE: added some nice touring extras if they're required by the new owner. These are a one-piece Octopus double pannier bag set, a Bushwhacker saddle bag, a Freedom Design bar bag, two sets of alloy water bottle cages and a bar bag support bracket. See pics added to those below. Also- I've decided the original pics of the bike showed it in a bad light due to the fading light when I was taking them causing the frame's yellow colour to look quite dull. So these have now been updated to hopefully show the vibrant colour of the frame. Price drops £250>>> £200>>> £190>>> £180>>> £170

I’m thinning down my collection of bikes and so am selling my less frequently used bikes/parts. So now this Youngs tourer sadly has to go.

It's a Youngs bike built up for touring/fast commuting which I believe is from the early 80s judging from the frame and parts originally fitted. The bike’s frame is well made from a respected/long established South London builder with a nicely done paint job. The bike has been upgraded with some modern parts- the wheels (and tyres), bar end shifters, mudguards, pannier rack and canti brakes. I don't class them as spoiling the vintage look of the bike, although I appreciate that for those who want an entirely period correct bike they might disagree. I've also added a nice, little used Brooks B15 tan coloured saddle, longer seatpost, NOS Ambrosio bar tape and MKS pedals.
57cm frame size (from centre bottom bracket to top of seat tube), with top tube also measuring 57cm. The frame and forks are built using Reynold's 531ST (Super Tourist) tubing- a big plus for serious tourers who want a frame with real longevity, seeing as this tube type is known for being of a tougher design than standard butted tubing and therefore able to hold up to the rigours of long tours whilst riding full loaded (panniers front and rear) where less enduring steel can break under the pressure. It is slightly heavier than the standard 531 tubing, but the advantage if offers easily makes up for this IMO.

Spec as follows:

Reynolds 531 Super Tourist tubing for frame and forks, size 57cm downtube and 57cm toptube.

Cast lugs, dropouts are by Campagnolo.

Wheels are Shimano LX FH-T660 hubs laced to Rigida Ryde Sputnik 700c rims, the rims are noticeably wide section and can take even wider tyres than those currently fitted (and these modern wheels had a rear hub spaced for modern frames, but this has been respaced to properly fit this older frame with narrower OLN). Tyres are a Schwalbe Marathon up front and Specialized Nimbus on the rear, both 28c width.

Brooks B15 saddle.

Shimano Ultegra SL-BS50 7 speed, indexed bar end shifters with matching downtube cable stops.

Shimano Exage FC-M500 triple chainset, alloy chainrings, 175mm cranks, 48/38/28t ratios, with Shimano cartridge bottom bracket.

Shimano 200GS long cage rear mech.

Shimano Exage Trail triple front mech.

Shimano 7 speed cassette, 28/13t ratios.

Shimano HG chain.

Tektro canti brakes with original, little worn pads.

Shimano RX100 brake levers.

ITM bars, 42cm width, NOS Ambrosio leather look tape fitted.

SR stem.

Shimano headset.

KKT Top-Run pedals.

Kalloy seatpost.

Tortec alloy pannier rack.

SKS mudguards

The chainset's still available, thanks. Crank length is 170mm. Drop me a pm if that suits.

Pm'd

Hope skewer and Hope suspension (red) front hub BOTH SOLD.

Righto, I was looking out for your reply for a few days after posting my last message, but then gave up and forgot to check again. But now I've come across your message so I will try to check what I have in the morning and hopefully post up some pics.

What length does the steerer need to be?

Middleburn chainring and USE seatpost BOTH SOLD.

Thomson Elite X4 stem SOLD.

I might have a left hand shifter lying around somewhere, have to check through my stash as I've definitely got a pair (want to keep this) and at least two odd ones. Might be a bit bashed up though, but will work fully and probably just needs the Dura Ace badge replacing. Also got a fair few 9spd cassettes, some new, but what kind of ratios are you needing?

Shimano LX ST-M563 brake levers SOLD.

Yup, still available, drop me a dm when you're ready.

Shimano XT Shadow RD-M786 SGS rear mech SOLD.

USE seatpost dibsed (I'm doing this on behalf of a chap on the Retrobike site who doesn't have an account on this one).

Shimano LX M571 (top pull) front derailleur, Shimano Deore front hub and Shimano XT seatpost QR
ALL SOLD SOLD SOLD.

Yup, still available. And am happy to post it. Drop me a PM to discuss.

I have a set of PD-A530 one sided SPDs if you're unable to find the model you're after.

Glad you had a good trawl through the thread and were able to find a few things of interest. You can take all the items in your list except for the Bontrager saddle which is already sold (you must have overlooked my Sold Items list and thread reply confirming this). But to answer you re a possible XT front derailleur, it's a 'no' on this one. All I have now is pretty much the parts in the thread, and I'm keeping virtually nothing in reserve, so you'll be v lucky trying to buy other stuff from me now that I've decided I have to part with my MTB kit.
You've also had some bad luck re the Hope hubs, probably an ad in the Wanted forum would be the best thing here. But you've had more luck with the XT seatpost QR- NotMuddyFox did dibs this item but then he (and myself) seemed to forget he'd dibsed this whilst discussing at length about another item he'd dibsed. So there we are.
And of course any publicity for the thread over on the Retrobike site would be welcome:)
Drop me a PM when you're ready.