Originally Posted by number6
Teledyne failures are somewhat urban legend, maintained by those who wish to find them cheap perhaps. There were some failures, mostly at the seatube to BB shell weld, the crimped tubing would be a stress riser but problems there showed up long after the company folded, same with the fork, if in doubt there are many aerospace QC houses that can dye it and then x-ray for a reasonable sum. Can't do that with carbon very easily.
I thought the "webbed" frame was a Speedwell prototype as well, I think a Cycling Magazine of the day made an error in a show report perhaps.
Anyone old enough to remember the Ti-22 Can-Am Series race car? Ti tub and suspension, pretty wild back then, but I digress. It was prior to Porsche killing the series, when McLaren was tops.
Actually, I can verify the urban legend. I personally knew of four people back in the 70's who had Teledyne Titans fail on them. The worst crash I know of was when someone had his Ti fork break. I also was riding with a friend who weighed all of 125 LBS when his down tube cracked at the down tube shifter crimp. I know they were still in bussiness because they replaced his frame. They were cool bikes though. Another person I knew (who' s frame didn't break) got his down to 13 LBS by drilling out his handlebars, break levers, break calipers, crankarms, chainrings, seatpost, etc. After seeing and hearing of all the failures, I stuck with my Masi GC.