Raleigh Dyna Tech appreciation and information thread

[Mark south wales]

I just had a quick look at the 1993 catalogue and it does look like the Dynatech Diablo RS is the only model equipped in that year with suspension & these were indeed MAG 30's.. on a side note the Ogre XT colour looks ugly in the 93 catalogue, I would like to see a red one in the flesh... lol

yup its for the purple Mtrax, 500 ti, the fork is quite badly scuffed down the left flank, its gonna be murder trying get a paint match and easier a full repray over Argos, which will be extremely expensive, so I'm gonna try and get a nail varnish match on the paint and use the new decals to go down the fork flanks, instead of the fronts. if doesn't work I thought a set of gold rock shox mag 21 to contrast. whats your thoughts?

 

[Mark south wales]

I don't recall ever seeing a 1993 M Trax with suspension as an option, but I reckon if you'd asked they'd have specced an RS Quadra or an RS Mag 21 (?) or a PACE RC35. I always assumed the fact that their racing team, and some top end models, used front suspension meant the frames were at least nominally suspension corrected. Raleigh and especially the Special Products Division were among the best when it came to getting geometry right, and despite Raleigh's image of being about kids bikes or bikes for uncool adults, they were very forward looking when it came to this kind of thing.

In 95 or 96 I fitted an RS Q 21R to my M Trax 400 which had a lot of travel for an XC fork at the time, and didn't notice the geometry go funny.

yup, was singleton cycles in Swansea, they was closing down in 1993, I went in for a Mtrax 700 and came out with a TT lo-pro, an ogre xce, the purple 500 and and a shop damaged red silver 500, for a budget busting 2 grand, the purple one I road to death, because I loved it. wish I'd kept that mint now and used the other one. how times change, when you cant even buy Raleigh spare parts, off the Raleigh website now, never mind a titanium bike!

 

[mtbkez]

guys, can anybody remember, what was the factory option in the catalogue on rockshox forks on a 1993 Dynatech M-trax 500? I'm leaning towards quadra or Judy. I don't think they fitted mag 21`s until 94 with the ahead, 93 had the 1 1/8 quill. Any ideas @mtbkez?

I would be definitely going down the Pace RC35 route in my opinion they look the part on any Raleigh frame of that period. I am running RC35’s on my Dyna-Tech MT4 build

 

[ultrazenith]

I would be definitely going down the Pace RC35 route in my opinion they look the part on any Raleigh frame of that period. I am running RC35’s on my Dyna-Tech MT4 build

This 100 %. I run an RC36 on my 1994 Diablo.

 

[sick-lizard]

if the thought of the 45mm travel on a good day is making you dizzy... the rc 30 is also an option?