Jerry: I once worked in one of the shops fortunate enough to get a Teledyne dealership, and it was '73, '74, and maybe '75. Unfortunately, I moved on to a different job before the end of the Teledyne Titan, so all I can tell you is what I remember. If you bought the frameset, it came with all of the special parts, like the stretched or extended Shimano Dura Ace (first series) top-tube cable clamps. I'm not sure of everything, but I remember that you could get one fully equipped with the first series Shimano Dura Ace groupo. There were plenty of magazine articles when they came out, so someone in the group should be able to help more than I have.
Lots of luck, "Bicycle Mark" Perkins in a very wet central San Joaquin Valley
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:49:26 -0500 Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com>
writes:
> I just bought the Teledyne Titan that Brian Blum had posted for a
friend
> (thanks Brian). It is currently set up for touring with fenders, rack,
> generator lights and a TA triple. However, I have several bikes better
> suited to touring/commuting/audex, including a Follis I had bought from
> Brian himself. I'll probaby rebuild the Titan for racing (or at least
> training). I'm thinking of retaining the original old Phil BB and
hubs,
> but going to Phil pedals, Superbe derailleurs, Avocet(Ofmega) cranks,
> original DuraAce sidepulls, but I wonder how period correct this would
> be. Anyone remember exactly what years the Teledyne was made? I seem
> to remember seeing them among the spectators at the 1974 World
> Championships on Montreal, and "The Custom Bicycle" implies they
weren't
> made for more than a few years, so they may have been history by 1980.
> For early/mid 70's the DA brakes and maybe the Phil pedals would be
> period, but Berto says the Superbe gruppo was introduced in 1977, and
> the Titan may have been gone by then. The Avocet crank is one I bought
> in the early 80's, so it is probably a bit too new also. Any advice?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry "OK, so it's welded Ti, but it's historically significant" Moos
>
>
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