Well as some of you know i purchased a Motobecane Randonneur last week.
It is , was , a great ride but i have had some time on my hands and decided to modernise it a little bit.

Here it is as i bought it.



I have stripped it and started building it back up with Campagnolo mirage components.

It has been a bit of a pain so far as i have had to come up with different ways of trying to make everything work! Especially trying to change from cantilever brakes! As i have changed from 650b wheels to 700.

So far i have managed to add the front brake by cutting a recess into the front mudguard. It didn't work very well so i lowered the mudguard down slightly to allow room for the brakes to constrict it is working well now.

I have got the crank changed and the derailleurs are working so so.
The rear is working well but still needs fine tuning!
The front is a different story as i only had one spare axle here and it is a bit too long and so it is hard for the change from the smaller cog to the large one.
A new axle at some point will sort that out!

I now have to try and fit a rear brake which will be tricky as there is no hole for a brake to fit into! The hole goes down the tube instead of the standard way.
I have an old Mafac brake with an adaptor for this type of set up and so i need to design a way to do it nicely and still be able to have the rear guard in place.

Well i suppose you guys want to see the bike!

Here is how it is looking at the moment.



I would say it is about 60% done so far.

Anyway that's all for now and i'll update it later with new shots as i progress further.