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1989Pre
Okay, this is the end of the discussion for me, but the 400-series was discontinued in 1988. Yes, there were other types of Techniums, but the road models had already been re-directed toward avid road cyclists. There were four road models offered in the 1989 catalogue, all of them with a more competitive build. These were the Pro, the Comp, the Prestige and the Pre. Here are two of them from 1989.
Then Raleigh obviously brought them back, since the bike I showed earliier has a 1990 Exage 300EX component group and '90s graphics.
https://velobase.com/ViewGroup.aspx?...a-f4856402914d
And then there's the Olympian:
Raleigh Technium Olympian
1991 version:
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2.../Raleigh91.pdf
My guess is they stopped doing sports touring for 1989 to re-tool the line for 700c wheels, then came back in 1990.
So the sport touring Raleigh Techniums did not end in 1988 or were replaced by race bikes.