Vitus (bicycle)
Vitus is a French bicycle manufacturer based near St. Etienne . The company was one of the first French companies to manufacture aluminum and carbon frames.
In the 1970s, the company caused a sensation with innovative processes for the production of aluminum frames and was very popular until the 1980s. The aluminum frames sold by Mercier at this time also came from Vitus, as the company's own production was based exclusively on steel frames. The first aluminum frames were lugged: aluminum pipes were glued into aluminum sleeves. The three anodized main tubes (top tube, down tube, seat tube) were glued into the sleeves for Vitus by the French aerospace company TVT with an epoxy resin. The aluminum frames from Vitus, built with relatively narrow tube diameters, are light, but also very soft ( rigidity ) and were popular with lighter-weight cyclists.
In 1982 Vitus developed the “979 Carbone”: It was one of the first suitable attempts to adapt carbon fiber from aircraft technology for bicycle frame construction. Vitus later expanded the product range with semi-monocoque frames, which were made from more than one monocoque element. The racing driver Sean Kelly rode Vitus bikes and is now the company's “brand ambassador”.
Vitus also supplies tubes to other bicycle manufacturers, including a. to Jan Janssen . The companies usually label the Vitus frames with their own logo.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from Sheldon Brown http://sheldonbrown.com/velos.html
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