Todays find, DynaTech Tour-Lite, warning - possible spider content!

[Gtpulse]

What does the frame number begin with?
I think some of the very early Dyna-Techs had slightly different decals within the same year.

 

[3wheeler7]

Frame number is A27315.

 

[Gtpulse]

A=1990 fits in with the seat being 1989. I’ve got a Mission that I think is early 1990 and that has different decals to the catalogue one.

 

[MartinB123]

I had one of these a few years back and I think I made a post on the forum as well. Lovely bikes, these!

 

[3wheeler7]

Here's a couple of pics of how it came up after a strip and lube.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

If ever you want to sell let me know, its nice

 

[2manyoranges]

I know that the lugs probably contribute to a harsh ride but they look nicely clean in shape.

 

[FiveAlpha]

I know that the lugs probably contribute to a harsh ride but they look nicely clean in shape.

Do Dynatechs have a reputation for being harsh? I've never ridden one, but always been curious about the advantages of sticking steel tubes (in this case, Reynolds 501) into aluminium rather than steel lugs.

 

[Mod-Master]

Wow look at the chain on that, my mother has a trek 7.3 fx she rode round all the time, until she stuck it in a shed for a year, I’m now restoring it and I thought the chain on that was bad

 

[2manyoranges]

I helped our post-person out with a complete rebuild (was supposed to be a service) of her bike which had been left out in rain for two years (I donated well over 200gbp of parts to that job - which became a project). The chain needed a four pound lump hammer to pusuade the links to bend, and the chainset needed the same. And was in the end cut off. The BB was …. A nightmare. While engineering is always ‘the application of the right amount of force in the right way’ this was just ‘application of force….’