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I wonder how many bike companies had the name "Titan"? There was another Titan company that emerged in the 80s. My 1991 Western Flyer (see the Project Rides forum) is built by Titan.
Anyone know anything on 30s era Titan? Got this fork(for a 30s frankenbike project)off of French EB. appears to have crescent threadingView attachment 433642View attachment 433643
The "TITAN" mark on the steerer is indeed that of a manufacturer...but not one of cycles or framesets.
It refers to a tubeset produced in France at one time.
Handsome crown; do not recognise it by model but looks like something which might have been produced by BOCAMA, Malaguti or possibly Agrati.
"Usually" the presence of Titan tubing means a French built cycle.
Do you have the balance of the machine or is this simply an unmated fork?
What do you intend by "crescent threading?"
Would expect steerer to be of metric dimension having an outside diameter of 25.0mm and an inside diameter of 21.9/22.0mm. Thread 25.0mm X 1.0mm. Fork crown race seat probably ~27.1mm.
Spacing may possibly be 96mm rather than the more commonly seen 100mm, if unaltered.
that 'crescent threading' is definitely different, lol. It reverts to conventional threading when you enlarge the photo.
The fork is superficially similar to that on my 'Inconnu', but the top of the crown is faceted on this 'titan' example. I’ll have a look at my steerer tube next time I clean and regrease the bearings, perhaps it too is a 'titan' tube..
The brake is a 'Vento', not original and only recently fitted to this unknown French bicycle, hence 'Inconnu'. Plain lugged machine, with double box lining, for 700B size wheels, circa 1910's in most peoples reckoning.
that 'crescent threading' is definitely different, lol. It reverts to conventional threading when you enlarge the photo.
The fork is superficially similar to that on my 'Inconnu', but the top of the crown is faceted on this 'titan' example. I’ll have a look at my steerer tube next time I clean and regrease the bearings, perhaps it too is a 'titan' tube.. View attachment 908907
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