Vitus

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About Vitus

I haven't really found much information about Vitus online. I know they are an old company. Vitus is a well known maker of bicycle tubing. Acording to Sheldon Brown, Vitus is "France's leading manufacturer of high-quality frame tubing." Many early aluminum bicycles used Vitus tubing. The frames labeled as Vitus were made and assembled by the French aerospace company TVT. Vitus made early carbon fiber bikes using the same designs as their high end aluminum bikes. They have not sold to the US since the early '90s. The last few years that Vitus frames sold in the US, they were only available through one of the major mail order companies. Vitus bicycles were available in Canada in the late '90s. They then disappeared from the internet for a while. In spring 2005, Nashbar had new old stock Vitus 979 frames for sale. Vitus now has an french webpage. Vitus' site lists shows some nice all carbon frames. I do not know of any current North American distributor of Vitus bicycles. If you know of a NA distributor, please tell me.

I have heard rumors of trouble with the bonds on these frames. I don't have any actual examples of problems with the bonding. I do have many reports of bonded Vitus frames holding up over the years.

Vitus Bikes

• Vitus 979 (I owned this one)
• Vitus 979 track bike
• Vitus 992