How I built my custom randonneur bike 

I've never seen a bike build so well planned! It looks so comfortable and beautiful. Congratulations!!!

Beautiful result. I built my own steel randonneuse several years ago and it was very satisfying.

Beautiful bike. All great choices!

Awesome bike! And so interesting to listen to your thought process behind all the decisions. Hoping to see this bike in the wild some day!

Elegant machine. Everything is well though out, the square BB ( most versatile) the bars the saddle, very very slick. Inspirational work, enjoy your ride…

Absolute beauty right there! Great build, appreciate the full breakdown. Keen to see more of this bike! 😍

Amazing build I must say. Congratulations with this unique and beautiful bike.

Beautiful Build!! I Love the natural leather Flite Saddle!!

Outstanding build, great aesthetics both for bike and videography, superb detailed explanation.

Beautiful machine! Excellent photography too. Thanks for sharing.

What a wonderful and respectful work

Best looking bike I have ever seen. Well done.

Beautiful build.

Oooh, that’s lovely! Well done on a lovely build 👌

I've just bought Specialitiés TA Carmine crankset. Beautiful. Modular. Plenty of crank lengths.

Absolutely stunning mate! You nailed that classic look with the modern touches for sure. And how amazing are quill stems!? So compliant and look gorgeous 👌☺️ great build! Happy riding! 😁

What a beautiful biold Francesco. Nice one. The bridge club may be getting cobwebs now 😊

I appreciate your effort. Thanks for sharing

Nice build, but i gotta say that friction and 9 speed go together nicely

Wow! That is a fantastic build. Well done! Liked and subscribed.

Amazing build! Cheers!🤙

Very nice bike build en excellent presentation. Especially your “ no nonsense comments” are refreshingly different from al lot of other bike-presentations. A lot of safe Kilometers to you, best regards

I wish more new bikes looked like this

What a beautiful bike !

You made it with love, perfect bike.

Beautiful bike, every detail is right. I live in Kortrijk, so hopefully we'll meet one day with our classic bikes.

Beautiful!

Wow build is 🔥

sick very clean. nice job

great bike sir!

Really great build, very nice..

Beautiful bike!

Amazing bike and great vid!

Excellent

Thank you. Very enjoyable and helpful.

Money well spent, great build!

For the modern-but-classic-look crankset - Middleburn RS8 is a good option :) for the drivetrain - I would go for 10 speed, just because those are so much easier to set and operate than shimano 9sp for the wheels - silver rims and spokes for me would look much better. Other than those few points, this is a very successful combination of classic geometry and retro vibe with modern solutions that make life much easier, and cycling much more pleasant :) Good job!

what a dream, very good taste dude!

wow man, such a cool bike. I'm super jalous. Maybe some day I'll splurge out and build my own from scratch. Good to know there is someone who builds those kind of frames in Bxl. Greets from Antwerp!

Best handle bars ever

Perfect bike

Love it mate!

Thank you 😊. Nice share

Spettacolare! Really a fantastic bike!

Dreamy Build

I love it.

awesome video, thank you!

넋놓고 시청했습니다 그어떤 자전거보다 구매욕이 치솟네요 와우 진심 갖고싶네요

I like the raw look of the frame! Only the handle bar looks little bit wide ...;)

Coming back to this vid, since it's such a nice build :) - just an FYI, i routed my bar end shifters completely under the bartape and have no issues with shifting. No need to make it "shoot out" from the drops to get the routing to work ;) (Caveat: I use friction only on a 10sp 11-34)

Very Nice!

Nice build

Fantastic com bo

Nice build. 2x9 is all you need. My Breezer has sora shifter combined with XT derailleur and the hydro brakes. Works like it should. Solid base and reliable. The bar end shifters are not something that seem practicable on an allroad machine. But they fit with the theme of the bike. Greets from neighbouring Dilbeek. (Looks like you are a Bruxelair)

Great looking rig, Good choice on the crank set, you mentioned Rene Herse Cranks, they look period from the early years but they are way to expansive for what you get, you are basically paying for the same quality as Velo Orange. Just my 2 cents.

i love the unpainted frame

beautiful

Very nice 🇬🇧👍🏼

cool bike

steel with disk brakes needs to be more common, this thing is sick

This is my perfect bike 👌

Very nice build, thank you. The frame is prepared for cantilever rim brakes. If you like the classic look, wouldn't it be a better choice?

what a beauty

Simply beautiful video, I am inspired to take my old touring bike and convert it to a similar style. One (stupid) question, can I use 650b tires on a 700c frame?

Love the concept and your approach to bikes. Did you sell the surly? Do you have a picture of the geometry used?

DREAM-BIKE

Superbe vidéo bien détaillée merci beaucoup 👍 Ton vélo est splendide que de belles pièces parfaitement choisies 👍 Je rêve d'un cadre pareil ; pour l'instant je me contente d'un cadre ancien en Reynolds 😊 avec presque les mêmes composants sauf pour le freinage en Mafac Raid 😅

Well done! Not a bad budget either!

Love this vid. Im also building bike with a custom built frame and fork. I wonder if there are any rust formation on your frame since you only applied clear coating? Im planning on also leaving the raw look on my frame. TIA on your reply.

What a nice looking bike! I am also jealous of the classic knitted/leather cycling gloves - where did you get these? For a classic looking crankset and somewhat classic looking brifters, one could have gone with Campagnolo stuff from the 9-speed era (although this would have limited gearing choices in the rear, and one might have to find one of the rare triple chainring cranks if one needed really low gears).

Nice

Zeek knap gemaakt !!

Another great video! I can also suggest you check out Spa Cycles' cranksets. Classic looks, very well-made, customizable, and very reasonably priced.

Well Done, mate! How do you get along with the seatpost? I used the same one for some time and i never managed to get the screw tight enough to hold the saddle in place. It just kept slipping. After a while i just sold the seatpost and got another one with two screws which keep the saddle very well in place.

a truly very tasteful dream bike, what is your opinion on the mudguards? are they rattly over cobblestone / ruff stuff etc?

1400 Euro is an excellent buy for a custom frame. The finished build is beautiful.

There is an IRD Vortex hollow spindle crankset that resembles classic cranksets.

Great build I have a similiar steel custom frame bike but with 26” wheel and rim brakes. It takes some time to decided the wheel size between 584 snd 559 but in theend decided on the 559 as I have many spare rims and wheels already built in that size. Your disc brakes- Dia Compe / Towel rack is perfect. May I ask you where did you get the towel rack? Importing it from USA or Japan cost a fortune in Shipoing and cutom duties and taxes.

Bike looks very well put together with that crankset, however a practical gearing for randonneuring would be something lower like a 46/30. As far as the frame goes, looking forward to the review, please take your time, put more miles on it, get used to it ( it takes a while for your body to get past the new bike feel ). I love my old Peugeot rim brake rando bike, out of all my bikes it's then one I always pick for some reason, allthough it only fits 32c tyres.

That's a good looking bike! Where did you find those TRP brakes?

so much space on those bars.

amazing where are you from

Which duraace bar end are those exactly?

Beautiful build! One technical disagreement though. Short chain stays = better transfer of power is a complete myth. Now you have a bike that will probably produce unintentional wheelies going up hills. 😝

classic+modern+comfortable

could you build a randonneur bike with a step through frame ?

What clear coat did you use?

OMG... that's very cool bike.. amazing,, awesome,,,i love your bike sir...can i have one?!🤣🚴‍♂️

Where did you get the Crust handlebar. Directly from Crust in the USA?

I have grown during times of these frames only. Hard to get on something else after them.

Re friction shifters and 9 speed use a 10 speed chain and its like night and day problem solved.

I'm not a fan of disc brakes, especially if the bike will be ridden exclusively on paved surfaces. The failing point for discs is when they are subjected to prolonged heavy braking. There is only a small area for heat dissipation and the rotor can reach such a high temperature that the brake pads can begin to fail. A well-designed rim brake is preferable here as well as being lighter and less complex to maintain. As far as stopping goes, there really isn't much practical benefit to discs because a good rider will be looking ahead for conditions where slowing down or stopping will be required making hard breaking unnecessary. Of course a lot of work went into this bike and I wish this bike will take its rider on many enjoyable adventures.

The left hand drive version at @7:51 must have been a lot of work to make!

did u sell the surly?

nice one i have the same brakes they are really good

look at the length of those cranks, lol

Scyle Good health body strong and environment

for me the frame is a bit overpriced, just my opinion, I'd rather get a surly for that price..nice build though

Frame way too small.

Disk brakes SMH