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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: JJR on July 29, 2010, 07:13 PM
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/270720101063.jpg)
I know in 1992 there was a Titan factory team in the UK.
So for the Titan experts, what frame is this?
I think it's a Profile Jr. frame with those 2 extra tubes welded on!
Possition of those tubes is differently then other titan frames.
Dropouts are profile.
Brakebridge is Profile.
Anyone?
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ask miss ratty johan she whas in the titan team
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The colouring points to an earlier model, in the early 90's they switched to hammerite finishes, in either grey, red, blue or green :daumenhoch:
What :daumenhoch: the TT length ?
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don't know if this is the orginal paint because it has little "dents" in it????
thought there was hammerite paint under it but the owner said no.
my opinion it's a Profile Jr. frame with 2 extra tubes on the frame.
all Titans i've seen have different dropouts and brakebridge.
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this is what Scott Fyrry had to say about this frame:
Yeah if it is from 1986, then most likely it is a Profile frame. There were only a couple of full sized Cro-Mo frames out there that in '86 that were made for a couple factory riders like Eddie Sigmond and Todd Mitchell. It wasn't until about 1987 that we started making a full line Cro-Mo frames. Plus, if this is a Jr sized frame, we would have used a small diameter bottom bracket, rather than the full sized seen in the picture. Hope this helps.
I think it was a Profile frame and someone took and welded on the struts, this was not done by Titan when I Dad and I owned it. Profile never made frames for us. This frame could even be older than '86, it could be from 1985. It is not a real Titan in the sense that it was not built in Eugene, OR.
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We do know that bitd a lot of riders that rode for factory teams used other manufacturers frames, also a very common occurance in road racing. Perhaps this is one such example :-\.
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We do know that bitd a lot of riders that rode for factory teams used other manufacturers frames, also a very common occurance in road racing. Perhaps this is one such example :-\.
Perhaps.... my opinion it's a E.S.P. (Eddie Sigmund Products) frame, after some research I found this on the web.
check the frame of rider with number#2 (same struts)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/team1.jpg)
http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/ind ... mund+eddie
Here you see the frame we're talking about and the reinforcement-struts
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/300720101073-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/300720101070.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/300720101069.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/300720101068.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/300720101067.jpg)
On these pics I stripped the paint of
check the welds very carefully
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2206.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2213.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2210.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2207.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2208.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2209.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2211.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2212.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2214.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2215.jpg)
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We do know that bitd a lot of riders that rode for factory teams used other manufacturers frames, also a very common occurance in road racing. Perhaps this is one such example :-\.
Perhaps.... my opinion it's a E.S.P. (Eddie Sigmund Products) frame, after some research I found this on the web.
check the frame of rider with number#2 (same struts)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/team1.jpg)
http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/ind ... mund+eddie
Here you see the frame we're talking about and the reinforcement-struts
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/300720101073-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/300720101070.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/300720101069.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/300720101068.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/300720101067.jpg)
On these pics I stripped the paint of
check the welds very carefully
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2206.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2213.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2210.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2207.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2208.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2209.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2211.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2212.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2214.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy128/spartacus-css/Titan/IMGP2215.jpg)
i think them there tyres may be a tad too wide for it!