Bonded AL - who is who

[foz]

Re:

Can we see some pics of your ottadini please?

 

[Racingsnake1]

ok I have read a lot about TVT so ...first TVT called TVT Carbon 7 (with Aluminium fork) 7 stands for 7 carbonfiber tubes - togehter with TVT's carbon fork they called TVT Carbon 9 or short TVT9 (i.e. the Look labeled TVT, which won 1st nd 2nd in 1986's Tour de France). Vitus do the same with their Vitus FKC 3 up to FKC 9 type
Then they brought out the 2nd version of a 9 tubes bonded frame set with this curved rear, so they called it TVT92, i.e 2nd version of TVT9

… and if joint venture between M. Tapie and TVT not finished before they came with a version with ovalized tubes and a monostay on the rear, which should be called TVT93 eventually. but it expired … so this frame set become the first TIME, the TIME Helix Equipe

I hope I could give you your answer

Thanks for the info. Strange they called it a "7" though, when it had eight tubes in carbon. Head, seat, down, top. 2x chain and 2x seat stays. The "9" is more plausible if you say the seat stays are as one with the "integral" and then the forks.

 

[Dillo27]

Yes, here are a few...

 

[Dillo27]

And again I think...

 

[Dillo27]

And again hopefully...

 

[Dillo27]

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