What makes the bikes from different countries special?
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David B":3q2b75cm said:
Interesting history behind the Teledyne is that there is some sort of link to the arms industry.
If I understand it correctly, the reason titanium became usable for bikes is that it was first developed for use in the Blackbird spy plane.
But then weren't the British the first to borrow aerospace technology for bikes? Viscount!
Russell":1fmeecm3 said:
Indeed - just found this:
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Britis ... l_home.htm
vivelesalpes
Retro Guru
I stand corrected - at least it's got the topic going !
IIRC Didn't Carlton experiment with some wierd and wonderful materials back in the 70's ?
IIRC Didn't Carlton experiment with some wierd and wonderful materials back in the 70's ?
Johnsqual":ugkve2dq said:
It was certainly used in military applications first - in fact the SR-71's titanium all came from Russia!
The end of the cold war brought Ti to consumer prices as Russian factories started selling it. In the USA scrap Ti tubing from decommissioned aircraft like B-52 hydraulic tubing was used for many things like racks and some bike frames.
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