Re: [CR] Teledyne Titan queries

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From: <gpvb1@comcast.net>
To: joebz@optonline.net
Subject: Re: [CR] Teledyne Titan queries
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:54:41 +0000
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Yeah, I do recall those. But my point still remains.

Greg Parker
Ann Arbor, Michigan


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From: joebz@optonline.net

> 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

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\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

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\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

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\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