Re: [CR]nice newer 59cm " Puegeot" vitus

(Example: Bike Shops:R.E.W. Reynolds)

From: Jerry & Liz Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: <wayne.collect@xtra.co.nz>, "Dan Kasha" <kasha.lists@cox.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20030116183709.HWE14518.web4-rme.xtra.co.nz@[127.0.0.1]>
Subject: Re: [CR]nice newer 59cm " Puegeot" vitus
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:48:21 -0600


Actually, if you look closely at the Peugeot on eBay, it is not alloy, but steel. Super Vitus 980 was a lightweight steel tubeset which many consider as good as or better than Reynolds 531. Peugeot did sell Peugeot-badged Vitus alloy frames, but this is not one of them. I don't think Peugeot ever used Vitus steel tubing on absolute top-of-the line models, but did use it on models one or two steps down. Considering the high quality of Super Vitus 980, that would probably have made this frame quite a bargain when new.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Houston, TX


----- Original Message -----
From: wayne.collect@xtra.co.nz
To: Dan Kasha
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]nice newer 59cm " Puegeot" vitus



> Hi, the seller is a CR listmember, so maybe he will comment, I have an advert at home for an alloy Puegeot, I never looked at it hard enough to see if it was made by vitus or not, maybe it could be an early vitus...regards wayne davidson still sweating in Auckland New Zealand...