Yeah, I do recall those. But my point still remains.
Greg Parker
Ann Arbor, Michigan
> Never say never. There was a batch of factory Teledynes painted a baby blue.
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\r?\n> Joe Bender-Zanoni
\r?\n> Great Notch, NJ
\r?\n>
\r?\n> ----- Original Message -----
\r?\n> From: gpvb1@comcast.net
\r?\n> Date: Sunday, January 8, 2006 7:38 pm
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Teledyne Titan queries
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > Titans weren't painted, and nothing else on the planet looks like
\r?\n> > one, so there is about zero possibility that someone could intend
\r?\n> > to mislead anyone by purchasing some reproduction Titan decals. If
\r?\n> > someone makes some, and then sells some of them, identifying them
\r?\n> > clearly as reproduction decals, what's wrong with that? I don't get
\r?\n> > it....While we're on the subject, what about reproduction or
\r?\n> > replacement decals for fully chromed bikes? I can't get Pogliaghi
\r?\n> > decals for my chrome 1960s Pog because some guy won't sell them
\r?\n> > without a paintjob....???
\r?\n> > Greg "huh?" Parker
\r?\n> > Ann Arbor, Michigan
\r?\n> > Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:53:22 -0500
\r?\n> > From: oroboyz@aol.com
\r?\n> > To: minneman@alum.mit.edu, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> > Subject: Re: [CR]Teledyne Titan queries
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > << Does anyone know if Teledyne Titan frame stickers have been
\r?\n> > reproduced?>>
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Scott:
\r?\n> > Yes, those have been very nicely reproduced by a specialist bike
\r?\n> > decal
\r?\n> > screen printer.. They however must be obtained from a professional
\r?\n> > painter because the maker will not sell to the public. I would
\r?\n> > suggest
\r?\n> > going to Ed Litton & get him to obtain those for you. Shouldn't be
\r?\n> > much
\r?\n> > more than $50 for the set.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Dale Brown
\r?\n> > cycles de ORO, Inc
\r?\n> > 1410 Mill Street
\r?\n> > Greensboro, NC 27408 USA
\r?\n> > 336-274-5959
\r?\n> > http://www.cyclesdeoro.com
\r?\n> > http://www.classicrendezvous.com
\r?\n> > Giant, Specialized, Bianchi, Felt, Orbea, Litespeed, Landshark,
\r?\n> > Townie
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\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > -----Original Message-----
\r?\n> > From: Scott Minneman
\r?\n> > To: 'CR'
\r?\n> > Sent: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 11:39:28 -0800
\r?\n> > Subject: [CR]Teledyne Titan queries
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Does anyone know if Teledyne Titan frame stickers have been
\r?\n> > reproduced? I've poked around at the likely sites, and haven't
\r?\n> > found them yet.
\r?\n> > Probably time to just start phoning around, but I'd love to be
\r?\n> > pointed somewhere
\r?\n> > likely (or definite) to start with. I'm pretty sure that they were
\r?\n> > vinyl to begin with, so they could be done fairly easily by
\r?\n> > somebody with the
\r?\n> > patterns.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > I have serial number 2062, a 24" frame...no cracks or repairs (but a
\r?\n> > mysterious small dent/tear in the seat tube, about midway
\r?\n> > down...clearlyfrom trauma, not fatigue).
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > If I can't find replacement badges, I'll probably just run it as a
\r?\n> > bareframe, as a fixed gear...it looks incredible set up that way,
\r?\n> > and there
\r?\n> > are a couple of gearing options that work out really nicely
\r?\n> > (vertical
\r?\n> > drops, so one has to use Fix-Me-Up to identify workable
\r?\n> > combinations for the
\r?\n> > length of the stays (48-19 is about right for San Francisco)).
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Finally, as a complete long shot...does anybody know of an original
\r?\n> > fork for a 24" Teledyne gathering dust anywhere? I know they had
\r?\n> > problems, but I thought I'd ask if there was a take-off gathering
\r?\n> > dust anywhere...maybe
\r?\n> > from a discarded frame that developed all of the other cracks these
\r?\n> > frames
\r?\n> > were famous for.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Cheers,
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Scott Minneman
\r?\n> > San Francisco, CA