Escalante’s Maruishi Roadace 707

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Thanks to Escalante, we continue to make our way up the Roadace ladder. We’ve met the 303, we’ve met the 404,  we’ve even met the RX-5, now we meet the 707. Movin’ on up…to the…top! To a de lux…. Oh, never mind!

Maruishi Roadace 707

Arabesque Shimano 600Arabesque Shimano CrankArabesque Shimano 600 Shifters

Hi, Great site!

I was going to fix this up a bit more before submitting but considering the week’s theme I thought now was a good a time as any.

I believe this is a late 70’s early 80’s Maruishi Roadace 707 (12 speed). I found it in my fathers shed and it was covered in grime and dirt. It’s a bit banged up and allot of the decals have seen better days. It has a full set of Shimano ‘arabesque’ 600 components. All of the date codes I found date to late 1978. It has custom SR drops and stem and a Avocet Touring I saddle. I had to replace tubes, tires, cables, pads and tape. Unfortunately the pedals were missing so right now I have some admittedly lame modern pedals on there. Nothing like riding a bike the same age you are!

Thanks again for the site!

Escalante

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  • RickS

    Wow, the arabesque components are just flat out awesome.
    I got some from fleabay and am waiting for the right ride to put them on. Very nice

  • http://OldTenSpeedGallery Wooden Shoe Biker

    Pretty nifty derailleur levers. Is this bike made in Australia with the kangaroo decal it seems possible? Hopefully it weighs less than the 1977 Montgomery Wards ten speed I recently stripped some good parts off of and than set the lead/steel frame on the curb for the salvage pickers and it did not last a few hours and was picked up. Nice looking Road Ace.

  • Escalante

    They’re definitely some of the more ornate components I’ve come across. Although from what I’ve read they weren’t really considered top of the line or anything. The kangaroos are deceptive. The bike has a prominent MADE IN JAPAN decal.

  • Mads

    I have the exact same bike, and I must say I appeciate this post, as I cannot find any information on this bike! I have all the original parts on it, but some of them are pretty worn out. I do want to tune it up, and I just bought a new saddle (Avocet RS Racing Special Buffalo Hide Road), because an expert I met claimed that this was the nearest saddle to the original I would find. The pedals are leather, but are almost completely worn out. I don’t know where to aquire new ones, since I don’t know the name of them.