Originally Posted by
pwyg
Cecil Behringer did hold the patent for vacuum brazing Ti. I have the left over Ti parts that Pino made for those lugged Ti frames and forks. Him passing it on is unknown to me and I am 4th down the line from him being a student of Tim Paterek and Terry Osell who was the closest to Cecil and spent the most time with him.
Those parts would be fun to see.
I spoke to Pino at the 1974 Nationals in Northbrook Illinois.
He had a (the?) lugged and brazed track bike, it was a Pino concept tour de force.
The double fastened spokes I was unsure of the benefit of, I thought the threaded hubs to accept the spokes was a good idea, adopted much later by Mavic with the Crosslink mtb wheels.
His assertion that the titanium tubing was bored from a solid rod I raised my eyebrows about.
The bike was credible and filled with ideas.