Dyna Tech Quantum 1992

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In 1992 I became the proud owner of a Dyna Tech Quantum, bought from the shop I worked in as the Saturday boy. Bicycle Chain Bridgwater when it was on the Taunton Road.

I used to commute from Taunton to Bridgwater on my home painted Peugeot Pro-Am Index built with an eclectic mix of parts and a handlebar bag with my lunch and trainers in.

I loved it very much indeed.

 

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And I raced it at Cheddar, took it to the Worlds as Newnham Park.

Rode it all over the hills, upgraded it. Perfect bike.

 

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It was stolen in 1995, mugged off me actually.

I was just about to go off to start my training at sea and so it never got replaced. I discovered cars and stuff but it kept nagging me.

I wanted another one!

 

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I found one last year, via a post on Facebook and from a member on here, Clive I can't remember your Retrobike name so feel free to chime in!

It was very original, brochure spec infact.

This left me with a quandry. I wanted to build exactly what I had... but I also wanted to keep it original.

The knackered Mag20's kind of helped make my mind up to go rigid, so I compromised on changing the Mechs to XT, sapping the stem to a Control Tech and the saddle to a Flite but leaving th rest alone.

In the 1990's my original Quantum wore a Tioga Psycho on the front and a IRC Geo Claw on the rear, these are very hard to find now so I settled on an Dart / Smoke reissue set.

I stripped and polished the bars as I did back then as well.

Enjoy!

 

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Attention to detail I found some ACI decals on ebay!

 

[tintin40]

very tasty machine.

 

[longun]

very cool, love the history with what weve all been up to over the years and why we do it still

 

[cce]

Bicycle chain was my LBS as a young'un, but I picked things up around 1996 or so. Good shop, never quite the same after they moved to that warehouse

 

[MR OX]

Re:

I've got a real want for one of these, great bike

 

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Clifford.

The chap on here I bought it from was Clifford in Hampshire. Brain fade! lol