I don't believe Motobecane ever made aluminum frames "in the day". I had a Motobecane Prolight, but it was just a rebadged Vitus. Peugeot also sold rebadged Vitus frames.
By the way, a list member and I were discussimg off list whether Vitus ever made any complete STEEL frames. Vitus of course made numerous steel tubesets, but did they make complete frames in steel, or only aluminum?
Regards,
Jerry Moos
John Thompson <JohnThompson@new.rr.com> wrote:
Phil Scott wrote:
> I have a bike that what looks like to me as a vitus aluminum frame
> (Frame tubes anodized brown) lugs silver. It has all Shimano R-100 parts
> (off topic?) Who else made all aluminum frames other than Motobecane and
> Vitus. The bike has no markings on it other than a Shimano equipped
> decals.
Alan made one before either Vitus or Motobecane. TVT made a carbon fiber frame that looked very much like a Vitus Al frame; they may have made an Al version as well. And there was a Japanese bonded frame (Tange?) that looked like the Vitus.
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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA