Spa Elan 725

[vickster]

Go on - you know you want to.

I keep looking at the Elan 725 as well, but have so far resisted as I've already got the Ti version.

I do but I'm tight on time at the mo!! I keep looking at the SRAM parts on eBay waiting for reductions. I missed 20% off last weekend, 15% this!

 

[geocycle]

That’s a good plan to visit. I’ve the 54cm elan and the 54 cm audax. The elan feels a bigger bike, bigger tyres and a tad heavier. The traditional test ride is up to Ripley on the greenway to sample the ice cream/ pudding cafe.

 

[vickster]

That’s a good plan to visit. I’ve the 54cm elan and the 54 cm audax. The elan feels a bigger bike, bigger tyres and a tad heavier. The traditional test ride is up to Ripley on the greenway to sample the ice cream/ pudding cafe.

I won’t be going far, more just a sit to see the fit. Especially as it’ll have Shimano and no cross brakes and hills

 

[Jameshow]

I won’t be going far, more just a sit to see the fit. Especially as it’ll have Shimano and no cross brakes and hills

It's flat - nothing to worry about apart from midges in the stream/ bog at one point.

 

[vickster]

It's flat - nothing to worry about apart from midges in the stream/ bog at one point.

In November?!

 

[raleighnut]

How

Good morning,

I'd be happy to donate a couple of rolls.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/whats-the-postie-brought-you-today.194640/page-164#post-7051320

I was looking at a SPA titanium frame a while back and ran into the Elan and there were a couple of things that would have been important to me but maybe not to others.

There is a carbon fibre or steel fork option, fine, but the steel forks appear to be unbranded cr-mo, presumably non heat treated 4130 as nothing is specified and they weigh around 1.18kg. Nothing wrong with this but a long way from what my 753 forks, the tubing 725 is advertised as replacing, weigh, although they don't have disc mountings.

Stays material is again not specified, which doesn't mean that they are not 725 though. Back in the days when Reynolds "only" sold 501, 531 and 753 they were very keen for the customer to know which tubes were made from their tubing. They has stickers that said frame tubes or tubes forks and stays, along with a forks sticker and they have/had stickers that said 725 butted frame set and 725 butted frame tubes.

Raleigh and Dawes and probably many others used to make frames with the main tubes (top, seat, down and head) from 501/531 and then use carbon steel or unbranded cr-mo for the forks and stays depending upon the price. This allowed the marketing friendly 531 sticker to be applied to lower priced frames.

I know that I would be disappointed to have paid the premium for a Reynolds 725 frame only to find that the forks and stays were other materials.

Bye

Ian

How about the 653 tubeset, a mix of 753 and 531c

 

[vickster]

SRAM parts and non black bar tape ordered, train booked for day trip on 9 Nov, they know I'm coming

 

[Jenkins]

Going for the Gloss Black or the Gold Sparkled Black frame option?

 

[All uphill]

Non black bar tape.... hmm.

I'm guessing purple frame and blue bar tape.

 

[vickster]

Non black bar tape.... hmm.

I'm guessing purple frame and blue bar tape.

Half right…