there was an article of a canada (?) expedition on a rando cycles rail-bike in Bicycle Culture Quarterly back in the 90's
i saw a few of them on pbp.
Tobit Linke, Dortmund, Germany
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> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:18:11 -0800
> From: john strizek <lyonstrings@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR] possible French brand
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Does anyone have any familiarity with a brand called; Rando Cycle? This
may be a French brand. I am looking at a frame with with this stamped
on the underside of the bottom bracket.
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> The frame
looks like a lugged mountain bike frame. However it has braze-ons for
all racks and a braze-on for a generator on the left seat stay. There
are also complimentary guides for the generator wiring for lights. It
appears to be from at least the eighties because it has cable guides
brazed on the top tube and bottle mounts. There are rack mounts front
and rear. It has Weinmann knock-off of Mafac cantilever brakes. the
crankset is TA triple and the headset "looks" French. this may be a
mountain bike or a touring bike for 26" wheels or possibly 650b wheels.
I do not know how to tell the difference. The front fork has the only
decals that are readable and they are 501 decals fopr the fork blades.
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> Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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> thank you in advance,
> john strizek
> sacramento, california in the USA