Originally Posted by
steelbikeguy
Speedwell Titanium
The early days of titanium bikes makes most of us (in the USA) think of the Teledyne Titan, but in the UK, the Speedwell was exploring this new frontier.
Steve in Peoria
owner of the shop I worked for had one, via Bertin. Seat lug ear tore out. Finding a repair facility back then was slim and none. Bike was a flexible flyer. Lots of work to make that fork!
Teledyne for its part, added an external sleeve to the upper 3" of the seat tube- the seat stays were welded to that, a bit cleaner welds than the Speedwell. There was a German builder, speedbicycles.ch has an image set, that one had wild webs at the bottom bracket to help control flex.