Brian, I thought Vitus was one of the currently produced types of tubing used in Rivendells. Has this now been discontinued, or is current production inferior to 971?
Regards,
Jerry moos
-----Original Message----- From: Brian Baylis [mailto:rocklube@adnc.com] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:46 PM To: Brandon Ives Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: Vitus tubing (was:RE: [CR]Motobecane Grand Jubile on eBay - link this time)
Brandon,
If anyone knows of a stash of affordable Vitus 971 or other quality Vitus tubes, metric dimentions or otherwise, please let me know. Vitus 971 makes nice frames.
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
>
> Like Randy I've also liked the ride of the Vitus bikes more. Reynolds and
> Columbus tubing has been beat to death and you can find information just
> about anywhere on the stuff. But ther's really very little out there on
> Vitus, not to mention Falk or other tubing. Does anyone want to expound
> upon Vitus tubing, e-richie, Mark B, and of you other builders?
> thanks,
> Brandon"information sponge"Ives aka monkey"asbestos suit"man
>
> "Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would
> get done." Gil Scott-Heron
>
> On Fri, 25 May 2001, Randall Nelson wrote:
>
> > As an owner of several Grand Jubiles and Grand Records and
> > LeChampions....Jerry is right on all counts below. While the components
> > pretty much changed to Suntour when they went to Vitus 172, the ride of
the
> > Vitus 172 framsets is wonderfull if you are 150 lb or so. I replaced the
> > fork on my 531 and it made a marked improvement..quite a pleasant ride
> > actually.
> > Cheers,
> > Randy Nelson
> > Seattle
> >
> >
> > >From: "Moos, Jerry" <jmoos@urc.com>
> > >To: 'Rich Rose' <rrose@normandassociates.com>, youngc@netreach.net,
> > >classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > >Subject: RE: [CR]Motobecane Grand Jubile on eBay - link this time
> > >Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 11:10:07 -0400
> > >
> > >As an owner of multiple Motobecanes, I don't believe the Grand Jubilee
was
> > >ever full 531. This bike was fourth in the line after Team Champion,
Le
> > >Champion, and Grand Record. The top two were full 531 or (for a few
years)
> > >Columbus. The Grand Record in most years was, based on its decals, a
> > >rather
> > >curious mixture of 531 butted main tubes and 531 forks, but unspecified
> > >rear
> > >stays (rather strange marketing decision, that). For several yars, the
> > >Grand Jubilee was, I believe, 531 butted main tubes, but neither stays
nor
> > >forks were 531. In other years, I believe the Grand Jubilee was
entirely
> > >Vitus. BTW, this bike has Stronglight 49D cranks and Huret Jubilee
> > >derailleurs and shifters, as opposed to the less expensive Japanese
stuff
> > >on
> > >later Grand Jubilees. Those alone should be worth more than the
current
> > >bid.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >Jerry Moos
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Rich Rose [mailto:rrose@normandassociates.com]
> > >Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 10:21 AM
> > >To: youngc@netreach.net; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > >Subject: RE: [CR]Motobecane Grand Jubile on eBay - link this time
> > >
> > >
> > >Thanks for the link, Charlie. This looks to be a frame with 531 main
> > >tubes only, like my wife's Gitane Interclub. Wasn't the Grand Jubilee a
> > >full 531 bike? Geez, 30 miles east of Lansing is pretty close by, and
it
> > >is pretty clean looking...
> > >Thanks,
> > >Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
> > >[mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of
> > >youngc@netreach.net
> > >Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 5:48 AM
> > >To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > >Subject: Re: [CR]Motobecane Grand Jubile on eBay - link this time
> > >
> > >Sorry, here's the link:
> > >
> > >http://ebay.com/<blah>
> > >
> > > > Folks:
> > > >
> > > > There is what appears to be a very low mileage Motobecane Grand
Jubile
> > >on
> > >eBay.
> > > > Seller does not want to ship. Anyone in the East Lansing MI area
that
> > >is
> > > > interested (or willing to be a go-between)? May go low given the no
> > >shipping
> > > > restriction. Guesses as to frame size? 58cm?
> > > >
> > > > Charlie Young
> > > > too far from this bike (and already have an nearly identical one in
> > >56cm) in
> > > > Honeybrook, PA