Help identify new winter hack......raleigh dyna tech fake?

[skywalker482]

So I bought this off an old boy locally who's had it years doing nothing, thought itd be perfect for winter training and commuting etc.
Its really light and works perfectly, it has 105 triple chainset and rsx everything else....

Now then.....

It has DYNA TECH stickers on it and a ROUTIER sticker?? is there or was there ever such a combination?? I can find nothing online. It has DYNA TECH handlebars and a DYNA TECH seatpost.
I thought all dyna techs were bonded? this isn't, also it looks like it may have had a respray at some point, as under the lovely deep blue on the seat stay there is a chip and its a vibrant green metallic beneath.

It also has a Reynolds Optima sticker..... anyhow lets see what you can tell me out of curiosity more than anything id like to know exactly what I've bought....suffice to say its light, very fast and very comfy....

 

[skywalker482]

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[skywalker482]

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[skywalker482]

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[MrW]

Hmmm

The gold Raleigh BS decal at the bottom of the seat tube means it left the factory as an whole bike, rather than just a frame (frame only have silver BS decals)

It's also 'unusual' for respray's to feature this, although it could be that whoever painted it bought and applied a full set of decals.

I 'think' Raleigh used Dyan Tech as a brand, and not all the frames were bonded, but this one has me stumped as well

Is there a frame number visible somewhere? That 'may' help

 

[MrW]

Plus the triple chainset would suggest it was a 'tourer' rather than a 'racer'

 

[Midlife]

The chainstay bridge rings a bell as a raleigh effort to provide a support for a mudguard in the cheapest fashion..........

Shaun

 

[skywalker482]

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Serial number across bottom bracket I think is;

F17107

will double check when home

 

[skywalker482]

could it be a rebadged (for whatever reason) Mtrax 300 Race Optima?? but with a triple chainset added later in life...

 

[petto1997]

Re: Raleigh Dyna Tech Routier

I also have a Dyna Tech Routier, recently bought by my friend, mine is the same as yours, with a gold decal and I also cannot find any information about it at all! Mine also had a triple on the front, although I've had it changed (sorry the original post said it had a 53/39 chainset)