[CR]Vitus question

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Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 13:30:32 -0500
From: <wspokes@penn.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Vitus question

A friend asked me some questions about Vitus bicycles and I really don't have a clue. Maybe some feedback from the group would help. Her Vitus is a model 992 carbon fiber. It was priced around $1,000 when it was new. At the time she got it along with a few old bikes from early 80s that she bought for a combo deal because they were in her size. I am not postively sure from the pictures of this bicycle that she sent me, but it doesn't look to be from that age. She was trying to sell it at $300 for the frameset but she wants to know more about the frameset also so she knows what she's talking about. She almost listed it as being from the same age as the other bikes she got at that time but I told her to wait. She is a tiny one and rides a 48cm-49cm. This one is a 48 cm center to center. top tube length is 51.5. Small bike for a small woman. I remember seeing adds in Bicycling when I was first starting to ride in the late 80s with Vitus, 9 carbon frame design, is this correct! ? How far back is this company's history? I am sure they probably weren't the innovators of carbon fiber designs but were they one of the "Firsts"? I looked on the CR site and didn't find any info. if this is beyond the time realm, I am sorry and you can email me offlist? But I am hoping to help her get some answers before she listed this for sale as being an older bike. I have pics if it helps someone define an age. Thanks again.

Walt "I still love my Steel" SKrzypek Falls Creek, Pa