Vitus 979 Duralinox vintage frameset, 52x54

8valve

Too small for me, so come get yourself some proper vintage fun, with a world-beating Irish connection!

52 ctc seat tube.

54ctc top tube (or crossbar if you're as old as me!).
Anodising on the tubes has been polished to a mirror finish by someone during its lifetime.
All lugs and joints in good order.
Comes with a correct fitting seatpost and headset.


Stick a set of KAS/Vitus/Mavic decals on it (available from ebay seller 'dizzibird' whose decals I've used on a few vintage projects) and relive the glory days when Sean Kelly rode these frames and ruled the pro peloton.


€200, or if you'd like to haggle...250 :rolleyes:

8valve

more pics

iwillhtfu

That's an unusual frame. Are the tubes bonded together or something I don't see any obvious braizing or weld.

8valve

iwillhtfu wrote: »

That's an unusual frame. Are the tubes bonded together or something I don't see any obvious braizing or weld.

Tubes are bonded into cast lugs. Vitus did this first with aluminium tubes and later with carbon tubes.


https://vitusbikes.com/pages/history

iwillhtfu

8valve wrote: »

Tubes are bonded into cast lugs. Vitus did this first with aluminium tubes and later with carbon tubes.


https://vitusbikes.com/pages/history

Very similar to what the Athertons are doing with their MTB, bonding the carbon tubes into 3d printed lugs.

Lovely frame, i'm going to assume too small as I've enough to be playing with

royrogers

150e offered pick up over the weekend???

magicbastarder

it's a lovely frame but i wonder how much you'd need to spend on parts to do it justice?

8valve

royrogers wrote: »

150e offered pick up over the weekend???

A cheeky, but not unreasonable, offer.


Meet me halfway at 175 and you shall become part of Irish cycling history.


I'm in the middle of Co Waterford, by the way...I probably should have mentioned that in the first post.

cletus

Completely unrelated, but I like your workbench. Home or work?

8valve

magicbastarder wrote: »

it's a lovely frame but i wonder how much you'd need to spend on parts to do it justice?

I was only discussing this with a friend, earlier; there's a common misconception among Irish cycling fans that you can only fit Mavic components to these frames, as that was what Sean Kelly rode. Mavic stuff attracts a premium here in Ireland...too many profiteers destroying the hobby.


A quick example: I was looking for a matching pair of 1990s Mavic mechs a few weeks back. I found a pair locally; rear priced at 160, front at 130. 270 quid for two derailleurs - more than I often spend on a complete bike for restoration! A few age related scars, but perfectly functional. A gent in France, also a vintage enthusiast, reached out to me, selling a near perfect set. 78 new european pounds (including tracked postage) landed at my door in deepest, darkest Deise, from his home in Central France. Take my advice: shop around! There's a lot more butchers than lambs in this hobby, these days!



A quick google further afield will often show that Vius owners are quite happy with Campagnolo, Shimano, Suntour, Stronglight and everything else in between fitted to their bikes.

8valve

cletus wrote: »

Completely unrelated, but I like your workbench. Home or work?

Spare bedroom.


Aldi steel shelving with the old kitchen worktop attached.


My other half is very understanding, supportive and a wonderful woman...and I'm going to leave this onscreen so she sees what I've just typed if she happens to walk past.

magicbastarder

my boss has mentioned a couple of times that he's got a box of mid 90s campy components sitting in his garage. i must do him a favour and offer to take them from him (he's in germany though which complicates matters slightly)

Quigs Snr

magicbastarder wrote: »

it's a lovely frame but i wonder how much you'd need to spend on parts to do it justice?

Depends. I built one of these with NOS Dura Ace 7400 and another with Campag C Record.

I am currently building a small Navy coloured, KAS badged one up as a Neo Retro with Record/Chorus 10 speed carbon parts.

As 8Valve says.. shop around. If you are not in a rush you will pick up some nice deals.

You wont get the frame cheaper however, thats a decent price for a nice example. If I was a tiny bit taller it would already be in my bike room.

royrogers

8valve wrote: »

A cheeky, but not unreasonable, offer.


Meet me halfway at 175 and you shall become part of Irish cycling history.


I'm in the middle of Co Waterford, by the way...I probably should have mentioned that in the first post.

Right....... go on so!!!!!

RobFowl

Good buy there. you'll enjoy it. Have one I'm planning to ride L'eroica on if it ever happens !

8valve

royrogers wrote: »

Right....... go on so!!!!!

'old out yer 'aaaand, son. You've got yerself a crackah...!


Cheers. Drop me a PM and we can organise.

iwillhtfu

I'm kinda sorry I didn't buy it now

8valve

magicbastarder wrote: »

my boss has mentioned a couple of times that he's got a box of mid 90s campy components sitting in his garage. i must do him a favour and offer to take them from him (he's in germany though which complicates matters slightly)

Send me on his address; I'll get herself to crochet us a pair of black balaclavas:D

magicbastarder

iwillhtfu wrote: »

I'm kinda sorry I didn't buy it now

i'm glad someone else did before i got too tempted. am tempted to buy a tandem for the laugh.

iwillhtfu

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'm glad someone else did before i got too tempted. am tempted to buy a tandem for the laugh.

I'd love to but how the hell do ya sneak that through the door and I know what herself would say about cycling on it.

calistro

Quick shot of my one, not the best picture!...it has Shimano 600 with Biopace Chainrings, I've a 9 speed cassette on and everything works fine. I keep contemplating selling it but everytime I go to the shed to clean it up for photos I take a quick spin and instantly regret even thinking of selling it. Great frame.