Sounds like the five speed Winner on the Teledyne now is correct, but an Ultra-6 would be a bit too new. That is as I suspected, I don't remember using an Ultra-6 myself until about 1980. It appears the the Blackburn cage is a bit too new also. I could use a new but retro Ale chromed steel cage or perhaps use a handlebar mounted bottle cage. The bar mounted cage would aviod any further damage to the Teledyne decals from cage clamps as Titans did not have bottle cage brazeons. However, the bar mounted cage will obscure the cool engraving on the SR World Champion bars. Decisions, decisions.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Kurt [mailto:kurtsj@mtco.com] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 2:47 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org; moos@penn.com Subject: Re: [CR]Teledyne questions and appeal
> From: Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com>
> I've recently completed rebuilding a Teledyne Titan I bought through the
> referral of a list member in January. .....snip.... Also, does anyone
> know when Blackburn began making alloy water bottle cages, i.e. would a
> Blackburn alloy cage be correct on a Teledyne, which ceased production
> about 1976? Also, were SunTour Ultra-6 FWs available in 1976, or only
> in the early 80's as I seem to recall?
digging into the archives, I note that the 1976 Palo Alto catalog lists Sun Tour Pro Compe 5 speed freewheels, but did have 6 speed Regina, Maillard, and Everest freewheels. The 6 speed Regina Titanium freewheel would be just perfect for a Teledyne, albeit pricey ($121 back in 1976). The '75 Bikecology catalog shows 6 speed Sun Tour Winner freewheels, but no mention of Ultra spacing (I didn't get my first Ultra freewheel till 1978). The only alloy cages I can find from the '75 and '76 catalogs are the T.A., Hi-E, Weyless and a Bikecology model. No mention of Blackburn in these catalogs. My 1980 Bike Warehouse catalog (#16) shows the Blackburn racks and an alloy bottle cage. This was the era when Cannondale just made bike bags!
Steve Kurt
(catalog archivist, or just a packrat?)