Jerry, What I remember about people equipping Titans in the early 70's: Lots of riders choosing Dura-Ace groups, perhaps taking a cue from the oversize cable clips made by Shimano, and that many of the frames were sold with a Dura-Ace first-generation steel headset, lots riding with Campy NR, of course, and many of us were amused by pictures in Velonews of Jonathan Boyer in his ACBB colors with a French-equipped, Peugeot-decalled Titan! Suntour Superbe would be inauthentically late, Cyclone derailleurs, however, would be a match. So would HiE hubs, maybe a Nyflor headset, any early Phil equipment (3-piece hubs) Stronglight 93 cranks, and the hubs would be laced into Super Champion or Martano rims; this was what was popular in SoCal, between 1973 and 76. The last Titans that were sold wore Follis decals as the owner of Linder-Euro Imports, the Follis wholesaler, bought a bunch of frames that Teledyne was closing out and stuck some cheap vinyl lettering on them. There were also a few which were painted a butt-ugly orange or sky blue, painted ti two decades before Litespeed or Serotta! David Feldman
> Thanks, I guess the Superbes could still be "period" since Titans, as I
> recall, were mostly sold as framesets, and the last frames, if they set
> in shop inventory a year or so and maybe in the buyer's garage a similar
> time, could have been originally built up with Superbe. The Avocet
> crank may be stretching the point a bit though. Anyone know when the
> Phil Wood platform pedals were made? I have another pair of pedals
> which I think is definitely period as I think I saw them as well at the
> 1974 Worlds (maybe even on a Teledyne) - the infamous Cinelli "death
> pedals". However, I'm not quite brave (or foolish) enough to actually
> ride these on the road.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
> Ebbikes@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Teledyne was all done making frames by 1977, because I was able to
> > buy from
> > them one of their last titanium BB spindles that year. Probably they
> > quit
> > making them in 1976.
> >
> > Bob Freeman