Originally Posted by
Gr3ymalkin
Oh. Man. If anyone else finds a 1986 Raleigh Technium 440 for $20 in a thrift store, please. Contact me. Especially if it's bluish-grey. I got mine in 1986 for around $600, rode it everywhere and back in two states in high school and college and then it was stolen from me in 1990 (apparently at some point after people figured out you could pick the old U-bars with a disabled ballpoint pen). I've been in mourning ever since (it wasn't insured, and I wasn't a "serious" cyclist and then, well, never had the money for a long time).
I just got my first bike since then (I know...). It's the gorgeous Raleigh Clubman, but man, is it HEAVY. I love it, though. Bit harder to carry up a flight of stairs than my old bike but hey, I need the exercise.
Still. I'm dead serious about that 1986 Raleigh. I'd pay considerably more than $20 to have something like my old bike back again. Sheesh. Twenty bucks................! Congrats.
same here. had a 49cm teal, gray, yellow with suntour components, not the higher spec shimano xt. stolen late 1980s. my social security id etched at the bottom of crank shaft. nyc. cost me under $500 brand new, had it a few years. i still have a raleigh bike catalog from this era with the techniums listed.