Originally Posted by
bark_eater
Did the the USSR ever produce titanium bikes? I remember when all the titanium snow shovels where going out the backdoor of submarine yards on to eBay.
I don't think so. There was a mtb in the 90s that was marketed that way, but was welded in Poland I think. There was A LOT of former Soviet Ti tubing sold off in the late 90s. I *think* I remember overhearing the owner mention that the Chinese factory that welded some of Airborne's frames were using Russian sourced ti.
I remember the shovel craze, never bought one though.