Originally Posted by TheOtherGuy
Early examples of Ti road bikes were Speedwell & Teledyne. Both made around the mid '70s & a little later. I've got 2 Speedwells, but still looking for a clean Teledyne Titan in my size... You can spot a Teledyne right away by the squeezed section for the shifter clamp on the down tube.
The Speedwell uses tubes the same OD as most steel frames of the day; no crimped areas.
vaguely remember them...
I wuz too busy to pay much attention to them at the time, since I was focused, every evening, in drilling holes into just about any bike part that could be drilled into... even drilled one saavreda seatpost - looked like silver cheese, metal louffa, very goofy
seriously though, Teledyne even sponsored a 'team' of sorts, I remember lining up next one, was thinking "WOW looka da size O doze tubes!" - not many years later I bought a C-dale...
Anyway, Trivia question for the serious Vin-Tahge meister. There was one of the early TI frames that had a buttress (with drilled holes of course) welded behind the head and top tubes - I 'remembered' it as a speedwell - but from classicrendezvous site, I'm obviously wrong.
Anyone remember what that was? 1st correct answer wins some piece of trivia Vin-Tahge **** from my ****box...
A found pic would be kool (I might even have one in my 'archives', but datz a dangerous mission).