Thank you! Rare as hens teethCaramba Kid":1yjb1qw9 said:ibbz":1yjb1qw9 said:Caramba Kid":1yjb1qw9 said:Here you go - MT5 Metal Matrix frame, full M900 XTR, Mavic 231 CD rims, Michelin Wild Gripper Lite S tyres, ITM titanium stem, un-branded titanium bars, USE titanium post (being refurbed)
Wow! That’s an actual - or looks like, a race bike such as the one on display (or was) in the Hope factory - simply stunning in every way - congratulations! Tell us more about this - the story behind it
It's one of David Baker's last race bikes from 1994 season before he joined GT for the 1995 season.
I bought it off his neighbour/friend/riding buddy in Dronfield.
ultrazenith":24j0h3s4 said:Has anyone peeled off the plastic coating on their 1994/1995 M Trax Ti 1000 / 2000 / 3000 / 4000 frame and got decent results? On my Ti 3000 the paint under the plastic looks exactly the same with or without the plastic coating, so I've been wondering what was the purpose of the plastic coating in the first place?
I suppose the easy answer is for me to just tyr and a see what happens.
Markybeau":1wb6bczi said:The Technium range was produced by Raleigh USA, and was also available in the UK, in the late 80's. The range started with road bikes in 1983 (ish) and pre-dates Dynatech which were a UK product from 1990.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't seem unreasonable to assume that Dynatech was an evolution or development of the Technium products.
They were from a time when Raleigh were still making gigantic frame sizes. I think there were 4 mtb models available in the UK, with the Chill being the range-topper.
There are people here far more knowledgeable about this than I am, so I'm going to stop before I get shot down.
Scvintage":2etvo8j7 said:I have my dads old purple technium peak, I saw technium mentioned a few times in the thread.... are technium peak and Dynatech similar? I’m in the USA, never heard of a Dynatech