Grando

Make

Soma

Model

Grand Randonneur

Year

2014

Miles

21,187

Purchased from

Cyclotopia

A low trail, 650b, go anywhere bike.

Specs

Frame and Fork	Soma Grand Randonneur 55 cm
Rims	Grand Bois 650b 32 spoke
Tires	Soma Grand Randonneur 42 mm
Front Hub	Schmidt SON 28 dynamo
Rear Hub	Grand Cru Touring Hub
Crank	Grand Cru 48x34 double
Cassette	SRAM 11x36
Front Derailleur	SRAM Apex
Rear Derailleur	SRAM X7
Brakes	Avid Shorty 6
Levers	SRAM Apex Double Tap
Handlebar	VO Randonneur
Stem	Nitto Technomic
Headset	Tange/IRD NeedL BlastR Roller
Seat Post	Soma ZO
Pedals	Shimano SPD
Bottom bracket	Phil Wood square taper jis
Saddle	Brooks Cambium C-17 H Carved
Fenders	Velo Orange Zeppelin 52 mm
Mini Rack	Velo Orange Pass Hunter
Front Bag	Grand Cru
Rear Bag	Linus
Front Light	B&M LumotedIQ Fly
Rear Light	Seculite Plus LED
Frame Pump	Zefal HPX Classic

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Service log

Swapped saddle

Grando

Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 12:00

Milage

21,000

Took off the Rivet and put on the Brooks B-17 narrow carved.

New rims, cassette and chain.

Grando

Friday, November 17, 2023 - 12:00

Milage

19,729

Soma Weymouth rims. Mike laced them up for me. Tubeless ready although I set them up with tubes for now.

New tires

Grando

Thursday, June 9, 2022 - 12:00

Milage

17,996

Baby Shoe Pass 650x42 ultralight

Chain, Cassette, cables

Grando

Friday, May 20, 2022 - 12:00

Milage

17,891

Had it completely disassembled to investigate what looked like a crack where the drive side chainstay attaches to the bottom bracket shell. It was nothing.

15,000 miles overhaul

Grando

Friday, April 23, 2021 - 12:00

Milage

15,543

New 46/30 Velo Orange crankset
New chain and cassette
General tune up
Paint touch up.

New tires

Grando

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - 12:00

Milage

12,511

Second set of Babyshoe Pass extralight. First set got apporximately 5,000 miles.

Freehub body

Grando

Monday, April 2, 2018 - 12:00

Milage

9,350

Contacted VO rep on Facebook and he sent me a new freehub body for the VO Grand Cru Touring Hub to see if that stops the click clack noise. Trevor installed it for me.

Rotate tires

Grando

Friday, March 9, 2018 - 12:00

Milage

9,310

The back tire has worn through the wear indicator tread, which is supposed to be about a half life. I put on these Compass Baby Shoes at 6,640 miles so 2,670 so far, which is not bad.