Raleigh Dyna Tech appreciation and information thread

[davo77]

A few of my Raleigh's my latest build is the 1990 Dyna-tech 500 road bike and my latest acquisition's are the Off Road Series still have a 93 Summit,92 MT4,Ti3000 frame sets to play with. When do you stop ? When divorce papers come through ?

 

[ibbz]

A few of my Raleigh's my latest build is the 1990 Dyna-tech 500 road bike and my latest acquisition's are the Off Road Series still have a 93 Summit,92 MT4,Ti3000 frame sets to play with. When do you stop ? When divorce papers come through ?

really nice mint selection of beauties you have there!!

 

[ibbz]

A few of my Raleigh's my latest build is the 1990 Dyna-tech 500 road bike and my latest acquisition's are the Off Road Series still have a 93 Summit,92 MT4,Ti3000 frame sets to play with. When do you stop ? When divorce papers come through ?

You need an MT4 and an MT5 in amongst those! (I’d have said Decade but I think there’s only one of those left in known existence) the divorce papers will come sooner I think! Hehe

 

[davo77]

You need an MT4 and an MT5 in amongst those! (I’d have said Decade but I think there’s only one of those left in known existence) the divorce papers will come sooner I think! Hehe

Already have a MT4 frameset with new decals from Gil waiting to be built and yea they probably will
Also have 3 Konas and a Saracen in the collection

 

[ibbz]

Bumping this
I’m pretty excited to see another Dynatech Decade appearing which belongs to @Volker
I thought I’d update this with what @bikemeister2000 wrote regarding its existence
Hi Ibbs,
Yes, I know of Volker’s bike.
It’s definitely MMC and therefore the same frame as The Decade and the MT5 frame. The wheels aside, it’s the full spec of the built Decade and the correct first edition Trimnell fork.
I’m not sure if it was one where we replaced the frame or quite possibly it’s one we did specifically for Raleigh Germany who were based at Cloppenberg.
All the best
Steve

 

[Volker]

Since pictures tell you more than 1,000 words - my Decade:

 

[ibbz]

Since pictures tell you more than 1,000 words - my Decade:

Thank you
Beautiful condition and you’ve got her looking really cool!
Really nice to see another and Steve’s info on it was also very interesting
How long you had it and was Steve right about the colour?
you going to enter the bonded frame Bike of the Month?

 

[ibbz]

Since pictures tell you more than 1,000 words - my Decade:

@boy"O"boy here you go

 

[gtturbo]

Here's my Torus. Pretty much done but I may add some X-lite skewers because of the obvious connection, and more so because I have a spare set and like a bit of bling.

 

[Volker]

Thank you
Beautiful condition and you’ve got her looking really cool!
Really nice to see another and Steve’s info on it was also very interesting
How long you had it and was Steve right about the colour?
you going to enter the bonded frame Bike of the Month?

Thank you for your feedback!

I purchased the beauty some months ago (together with a Crosstrac Sonoma - yes, I do like the rare and bizarre stuff from the early 90th).

Paintscheme (and stickers) are a little mystery since they seem to belong to a MT5 frameset, but on the other hand we have the Decade decal and the MK1 fork + almost all 'original' Decade parts used (the additional wheelset I purchased has xtr 900 hubs and Bontrager rims).

And - based on the frame number xxx003 I would guess it is a very early version of the Decade.
Maybe the German Sales Manager liked purple more than red?

With kind regards,
Volker