Raleigh Dyna Tech appreciation and information thread

[garethrl]

Can any of the resident Raleigh experts help me out in this thread, particularly with regards to the DynaTech frames in Team colours? Were they a regular production item, or were the Team colours available upon requests, as for carltondynatech? And what was the situation with DynaTech road frames at the time - readily available as Team replicas, or only by special order?

Many thanks,
Gareth.

 

[paininthe]

Does anyone know how much the Torus cost new?

Same price as an Explosif - look at the difference in price now.

 

[Angry_Pirate]

1993 Raleigh Dyna-Tech Torus with Direct Control Fork

Long time lurker here. Finally plucked up the courage to post - hope you enjoy the following...

1993 Raleigh Dyna-Tech Torus Plasma Arc Welded Titanium with Direct Control Fork

Fork / Stem: Raleigh Direct Control Titanium / Aluminium
Headset: Timken Taper Roller Bearing
Most components are Shimano XT or X-Lite.

See here for history on how the bike got to be like this.

Rear triangle - genuine Team Raleigh decals courtesy of Phil Sherwood, long time Raleigh race mechanic through the 80s and 90s.

Plenty of X-Lite going on here...bars, barends, stems, fork, QR

Raleigh Direct Control Fork Leg, Hope Hub & X-Lite Ti CamLok QR

Raleigh Direct Control Fork - Twin Stems

Raleigh Direct Control Fork - Twin Yokes (Underside View)

Raleigh Direct Control Fork - Timken Roller Bearing Headset

X-Lite Titanium PRO Fork - Now removed

 

[drystonepaul]

Wow. That's a lovely looking bike there Angry_Pirate.
Good to see plenty of x-lite on a Dyna Tech. They certainly go well together.

 

[sinnett177]

That is stunning, great bike.

Love the ti pro forks too, never seen those before.

 

[HarryCrumb]

Re: 1993 Raleigh Dyna-Tech Torus with Direct Control Fork

Long time lurker here. Finally plucked up the courage to post - hope you enjoy the following...

very nice and worth the wait, good selection of British parts.

 

[Mick D]

Just a quick couple of pic's
My own Thunder Road project with a Raleigh Montage i have been working on.
You could say Cousin's

 

[sylus]

Not personally a fan of gold bits but

I rather like that bike of yours pirate

 

[Angry_Pirate]

Re: 1993 Raleigh Dyna-Tech Torus with Direct Control Fork

To all those who posted acknowledgements - thanks guys - means a lot.

 

[johnnypie13]

raleigh

that bike is a delight to look at well done angry pirate ohh and those forks hmmmmmmm