1992 Raleigh Dyna-Tech MT4

[sick-lizard]

So after 10 years+ of wondering when I would get around to working on my 92 Dyna-tech again & lurking on retrobike, it happened.. we moved to a house with actual space enough to work on some projects...

Potted History....

I'm the original owner of this MT4 which was ordered from Reg Braddicks in Cardiff, I didn't really have enough money after buying the frame to purchase parts for it in a contiguous fashion, some parts were from my previous wheels & other random bits found around Reg Braddicks.

The Original Spec

Frame: Raleigh Dyna-Tech MT4

Fork: Raleigh Dyna-Max? Mang-Moly?

Headset: Classic Green Ano
Stem: Kalloy Uno Purple
Handlebar: X-Lite Ti Goodness
Grips: Onza Porcipaws Purple
Barends: Onza Alu L Bends

Brakes: Dia Compe 987's
Brake Pads: Aztecs
Brake Cables: Shimano SLR
Cantilever cable hangers: Random Cheapness
Brake Levers\Shifters: Shimano DX STI M-092?
Front Derailleur: Shimano XTR M900 (lol)
Rear Derailleur: Shimano LX
Derailleur Cables: Shimano SIS
Cassette: Shimano HG70
Chain: Shimano HG70
Cranks: Shimano LX
Chainrings: Shimano LX - SGX
Bottom Bracket: HG70 - UN70
Pedals: SPD M737

Hub Skewers: Purple Random Goodness
Rims: Araya VP20
Hubs: Shimano LX Rear/ XT Front
SpokesT DB
Tyres: Specialized Ground Control & Maybe Hardpack

Saddle: Flite lookalike....found around the shop
Seatpost: Zoom



Within a year... I had left home and my life went a bit mad... eventually the bike came back to me full time just before I joined retro bike... around 2014.... the seat stays were a mess most of black sparkly bits had been attacked by the elements... on a positive note the main tubes weren't too terrible..


A Poke In The Eye (how not to restore your bike)

I set about cleaning the paint & rust from lugs and rear triangle whilst slowly collecting parts for the build... during the process, in a momentary lapse of reason I applied a dremmel with the wire brush wheel attachment to the frame without donning the safety specs & manage to catch a patch of rust with the backside of the wheel... Straight in the eye!.. What an idiot!... I spent a very painful night waiting for the eye hospital to open, then the next couple of days visiting the hospital to have the rust removed....

I eventually completed the stripping of the black bits... found what I thought was a reasonable homage to the original black paint in 2K format yay... I applied many coats, started with etch primer, then normal primer... a couple of coats of base black, then the sparkly stuff... finally some lacquer... it looked great... I had a great thought, I'll wrap it in bubble wrap until I'm ready to deal with it.... this was such a bad idea, I hadn't left the paint job long enough to cure. The bubble wrap stuck to everything... what an Idiot... I packed it all away...

Ten years later

The tiny flat has been replaced with a decent size house...I have a shed omg... I have a shed w00t... I end up looking at Retrobike again.. and end up with a white Kona.. thanks @Ackers & quite a lot of the parts to get going.. thanks @Spanky22b I look at the Kona... then I notice the MT4... it whispers to me... "me first"

The paint wasn't as terrible as I had remembered, it was quite some effort with elbow grease & will never win any beauty contests, but it kind of looks ok because you are dazzled with sparkly bits & its helps if you squint a bit lol.





The Proposed Spec

Headset: HP-M901 XTR
Stem: Kalloy Uno Purple (The original maybe faded but is still good to go)
Handlebar: X-Lite Ti Goodness (The original is still good to go)
Grips: ODI Attacks or Ritchey Foam Jobbies... I already have the ODI's...
Barends:... I might give these a miss, I have a pair of onza L's in black & also the TI version... would possibly prefer the plain alu versions that were originally on the bike and disappeared in the mists of time....

Brakes: Dia-Compe 987's
Brake Pads: Koolstops....
Brake Cables: Shimano... or Jagwire...
Cantilever cable hangers: Random Cheapness
Brake Levers\Shifters: Shimano XTR M900
Front Derailleur: Shimano XTR M900
Rear Derailleur: Shimano XTR M900
Derailleur Cables: Shimano... or Jagwire...
Cassette: XTR M900 p-type...
Chain: HG-91 or HG72?
Cranks: XTR M900
Crank Bolts: Shimano XTR M900
Bottom Bracket: UN-91
Pedals: MKS-MTLite

Hub Skewers: Controltech Ti
Rims: Campag Atek
Hubs: Shimano XTR M900
Spokes: DT/DB
Tyres: Repro Panracer Smoke/Dart
Tubes: Conti

Saddle: Flite Ti 92
Seatpost: Zoom!



Just needs some wax.. It will all polish out I'm sure.... lol

 

[ibbz]

Love these
I had one once.

 

[Markybeau]

I still do. I love it

 

[sick-lizard]

The forks and headset have gone on this morning, I need to pick up some headset spacers.. the two used at the moment don't look right & are differing size and colour. I also need to work out how I'm going to clean off some of the cutting compound left around the brake bosses on the forks... I suspect it will be an exercise in patience involving much dabbing of water until the compound softens up...



I've had this TI bottom bracket kicking around for ages.. I think the thread on the cups might be shot... will give it a whirl, might end up reverting to the UN-91 if I can't get the threads to bite..

Love these
I had one once.

Ibbz that was a nice build, I read your mt4 build thread & the decade one too, you lucky devil, any plans to get another Dynatech?

I still do. I love it

Do you have a link to a build thread or pictures, I would love a gander at it

 

[sick-lizard]

A small update.... Since the last post I have mostly been cleaning bits...

I chickened out on installing the ti bottom bracket the alloy cups were not filling me with confidence that I would be able to remove the bb trouble free ..

So in went the un91, which slipped in nicely..




so I thought the wheel & m900 bits were all shiny and would just need fitting... how naive!

The cassette put up a fine battle in trying to retain the coating of gunk... the rear mech had hair wrapped around the jockey wheels... how....



Everything was actually in really good condition, but needed a good clean and lube etc... I lost the will when it came to the tires... they might get some love later.

Next cutting time, I could spend more time cutting the frame it still has lumps and bumps etc, but is looking better... at some point I will get it outside in some better light.



After popping the original faded Kalloy UNO stem on, I really missed the vibrant urple/3dv of how it used to look, so have located a NOS one on evilbay from Portugal for not a completely terrible price! Yay!

So the bike is currently sat like this while the stem is carried slowly like an Olympic torch relay from Portugal..

 

[Obi-Juan]

Esta mañana he instalado las horquillas y el juego de dirección. Tengo que comprar unos espaciadores para el juego de dirección. Los dos que utilizo ahora no tienen buen aspecto y son de diferente tamaño y color. También tengo que pensar cómo voy a limpiar parte del compuesto de corte que quedó alrededor de los salientes de los frenos de las horquillas. Sospecho que será un ejercicio de paciencia que implicará frotar mucho con agua hasta que el compuesto se ablande.

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He tenido este soporte de pedalier TI dando vueltas por ahí durante años... Creo que la rosca de las cazoletas puede estar rota... le daré una oportunidad, puede que acabe volviendo al UN-91 si no puedo conseguir que las roscas muerdan.


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Ibbz, esa fue una buena construcción, leí tu hilo de construcción de mt4 y también el de la década, demonio afortunado, ¿alguna idea es conseguir otro Dynatech?


¿Tienes un enlace a un hilo de construcción o imágenes? Me encantaría echarle un vistazo.

The forks and headset have gone on this morning, I need to pick up some headset spacers.. the two used at the moment don't look right & are differing size and colour. I also need to work out how I'm going to clean off some of the cutting compound left around the brake bosses on the forks... I suspect it will be an exercise in patience involving much dabbing of water until the compound softens up...

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I've had this TI bottom bracket kicking around for ages.. I think the thread on the cups might be shot... will give it a whirl, might end up reverting to the UN-91 if I can't get the threads to bite..


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Ibbz that was a nice build, I read your mt4 build thread & the decade one too, you lucky devil, any plans to get another Dynatech?


Do you have a link to a build thread or pictures, I would love a gander at it

I have a World Class rear hub, it is not a brand that is seen much. Interesting and somewhat exotic