1990 Raleigh 'Mountain Bike Team'

[Pickle]

Very Nice bike

Cheers V.

Should get this finished within the next week or so.

 

[raleighboy]

I've just started to restore my 531 framed version of the team bike. Slightly different decals and suntour xcd groupset. Many many happy muddy miles spent on it and I hope to do a fair few more. Glad to see somebody else has got one I thought I had the only one as I've never been able to find any info on them. I hope to get out on a few retro rides in the future

 

[77grifter]

Sounds just like me mate, I did all sorts of crazy stuff on my Mustang assuming it could take the pounding the richers boys bikes could :shock: keep them piccies coming

 

[drcarlos]

I've just started to restore my 531 framed version of the team bike. Slightly different decals and suntour xcd groupset. Many many happy muddy miles spent on it and I hope to do a fair few more. Glad to see somebody else has got one I thought I had the only one as I've never been able to find any info on them. I hope to get out on a few retro rides in the future

This was the one I wanted, any pics you can post now?

Carl.

 

[raleighboy]

Sorry not at the moment. I got it back from the blasters yesterday so not much to look at at the moment. I'm having problems finding anything out about it though. I need all the frame stickers god knows where I'll get them from??? Does anyone know how rare the 531 model is??

 

[drcarlos]

Sorry not at the moment. I got it back from the blasters yesterday so not much to look at at the moment. I'm having problems finding anything out about it though. I need all the frame stickers god knows where I'll get them from??? Does anyone know how rare the 531 model is??

Very I believe, I only ever saw one hung on the wall of Fleet Cycles.

Carl.

 

[raleighboy]

Well Carl if you want one there is one for sale on e'bay at the moment. It got a day or so to go and its only at a fiver. Need decals and tidying but its all there I think and it is the 531 model. I never realised how rare it was until recently and didn't even know it was 531 till earlier this year. Thats when I realised I had something nice and it was time to restore it

 

[drcarlos]

Well Carl if you want one there is one for sale on e'bay at the moment. It got a day or so to go and its only at a fiver. Need decals and tidying but its all there I think and it is the 531 model. I never realised how rare it was until recently and didn't even know it was 531 till earlier this year. Thats when I realised I had something nice and it was time to restore it

That one is way too big for me, why did people buy 23" MTBs?
I am sure there is a later model too that crossed over with the Techniums, possilbly a 1990 model that had slightly different geometry and was fitted with a t-bone stem. My mate had a Cajun fromt eh lightweights range and I am sure that was fitted with a t-bone stem.

Carl.

 

[raleighboy]

I think mines a 23" I'm 6' 4" so thats why I got a big frame But I do agree smaller frames look nicer.
Has anyone got any pics of the 531 model as I need to get some new stickers made and only have one very bad pic as reference.

 

[bikemeister2000]

Technium was a range of bikes imported from Raleigh USA.

There was no conection with Team Raleigh. However, Raleigh Special Products continued to produce frames either brazed Reynolds, Bonded as per Dyna-Tech and finally welded titanium.

There were a number of these, at various times which formed part, of tye catalogued range.

All of this came to an end in 2001 with the closure of the Special Products Division.