No I'm afraid it was English and a long time before these experimenters. Phillips showed a rather curious twin tubed frame made from titanium tubing at the 1957 London Bike Show. Speedwell were the first to go into production too in late 1972.
Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
Todd Kuzma wrote:>
> I had always thought, perhaps incorrectly, that Pino Moroni and Cecil
> Behringer made the first titanium frame. It was a lugged, brazed frame (!)
> rather than welded. I can't recall the exact year, but I believe that it
> was also around 1970. Any Moroni/Behringer experts have the details?
>
> on 11/27/03 4:14 AM, Feeken, Dirk at dirk.feeken@sap.com wrote:
>
>> What about the very first titanium frame ever? Would that be an outstanding
>> collectible?
>>
>> After rummaging in a pile of old frames he showed me two of his first
>> titanium
>> frames with one beeing the very first he has built in 1970 for test purposes
>> and to train the welding.