I have a techinum aluminum, early Mtn hardtail, (just after the steel mountaintour raleighs...about 83 or so)...Its my winter bike,,, bullet proof thing....6 sp indexed. Bud

That cinches it for me.
Now I have to keep an eye out for a flickstand.

4 bucks!

Aw Man, now I feel like I got ripped off paying 10 bucks.

Actually I figure it will be about 100 bucks total by the time I'm done spiffing it up.

Not to throw sand in your soup but keep an eye on the bonded joints. I've looked at three of them in the last five years and each of them had a separating joint. Just a cautionary heads-up.

The Techniums came with a no fault lifetime warranty. Hmm, I wonder how one can get Raleigh to honor it.

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Ah good eye! I didn't even catch that faded sticker in the OP's photos. How interesting! They downgraded the tubes.

I had to transfer my gear to a too-small-for-me Raleigh USA Technium (Olympian / 6061-T8) from my bent Peugeot course.

It looks like an amazing frankenbike tho.
Rides OK AFAICT.

That is for a cable guide if the bike has stem mounted shifters. Check out the pic on my bike that I posted.

It is surely not that.
The flickstand answer fits better.

If your downtube shifters are clamp on, I would say they are aftermarket.

All and all no matter what it really is Flickstand's are sweet and if it will work with the holes you suggest go with it

I really don't think it was for the shifters. For one thing it would have them covering up the "Technium" decal which seems like an unlikely manufacturing boo boo.

A guy I work with has a 1991 Technium Pro that he's handed over to me to help build for him. We're just lacking wheels, cranks, saddle, seatpost and brakes. It should look close to this when finished.

Sharp looking bike.

It doesn't cover the decals on mine. It is just a small plastic bracket underneath the downtube to hold the cables from the stem shifters. I agree they wouldn't place downtube shifters over decals, but my bike was set up for stem shifters, no downtube shifter bosses. Do you have shifter bosses, or are they clamp on?

They are down tube, clamp on and I suspect from photos I have seen that they are original (suntour).

I once had a similar framed technium 480, it had DT shifter bosses that were bonded onto the tube (not clamped) and I seem to recall there was a pin that ran through the bosses and the tube, helped keep them attached. I am pretty sure I have heard of occasional problems with these of having the bosses become unbonded and work loose.

The hole I mentioned is on the bottom side of the tube and is threaded but obviously not used for a very long time due to crusty looking threads. I makes much more sense that it was for a flickstand than for shifters.

Alot of then had stem shifters and the boss is for the cable stop. I took it off mine when I was converting it.

I agree with it being a cable stop for stem shifters. The 440 used stem shifters. The 460 and 480 had down tube shifters attached via brazed-on bosses. The OP's shifters appear to be clamp attachment, indicating conversion from stem shifters.

What is a flick stand? What does it do? I've seen a couple of the gadgets on the DT (like the red bike pic) of a couple bikes I've flipped.

I found one like this at a garage sale 3 yrs ago for $15.00 and it fit's my wife perfect. It was ready to ride and never had a bit of problem with it. That's the bike that got me interested in the CV bikes. So I stick to garage sales I think a bike flipper would put another zoro on that price.

Its a silly little thing that goes on the downtube and has a little metal cage that you "flick" forward when you park your bike. The cage keeps the front wheel from turning side to side.


The threaded boss could also be for an air bottle basement, which is meant to hold CO2 cartridges for fast tire refills. Miyata put that on a few of their bikes in the late 80's. Its a single threaded boss, looks exactly like a water bottle boss except there's only one.

That is just what I have here. A single threaded boss about 4-5 in. below where the shifters belong.
I think for now I'll just put a greased screw in it to keep the crud from the front wheel out.

Well I just got this baby fit to ride!!!
Took it for a short spin and am VERY impressed with the ride. Similar to my old Super Course in some ways but there is something different about the overall feel and it is obviously lighter. It will take a real ride for me to nail it down.
Enough chit chat. Time for some pics.....

One more pic...

Just planning to re-spoke the wheels with stainless spokes when they arrive on the little brown goodie wagon and I'll call this my new fair weather commute machine!

Looks great. Nice work.

with those aluminum tubes I'd bet its quite a bit stiffer, lighter and quicker than a Super Course.