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- The Vitus name first sprung to life as a premium steel tube set manufactured by renowned French steel manufacturer Ateliers de la Rive based in St Etienne, France. Along with the ‘Rubis’ and ‘Durifort’ tube sets, quality frame builders began to use the ‘Vitus’, a lighter double-butted set, for their better frames, alongside Reynolds 531DB.
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Around this time Urago, in Nice, started using DURIFORT – the tubing maker’s base set of plain gauge tubing for their “Debutante” model, and “Vitus” a lighter double-buted set, for their better frames, alongside Reynolds 531DB.
May 15, 2022 · Vitus is a French company that goes back to the 1930s and made great tubing for racing bikes. I don’t see it very often; I’m going to guess it’s most popular on French bikes. They would become pioneers of aluminum tubing in the late 70s.
Along with the ‘Rubis’ and ‘Durifort’ tube sets, quality frame builders began to use the ‘Vitus’, a lighter double-butted set, for their better frames, alongside Reynolds 531DB. The company became a direct rival to Britain’s Reynolds and Italy's Columbus.
Oct 31, 2019 · The top tube has the word Vitus decal along with three road bike cyclists, the number 3 and the words Carbone Kevlar. The head tube has a decal which reads Vitus Plus. The right fork has a decal which reads Vitus, 979, Dural, all aluminum.
Jul 31, 2023 · The Vitus name is born as a set of steel bicycle tubing made by French manufacturer Ateliers de la Rive, located in the outskirts of St. Etienne, France. 1930s — late 1960s Vitus-branded tubing earns a reputation as some of the lightest available, competing with the likes of Reynolds and Columbus.
It was well-known for steel tubing sets like Rubis and Durifort (straight gauge), as well as Vitus 172 and Super Vitus 971 (double butted tubing). [1] Vitus made a significant breakthrough in bicycle technology by introducing the world's first mass-produced aluminium frames in the mid-1970s.
Oct 20, 2017 · By the 1970’s, Vitus was making a variety of tubesets with different wall thicknesses, both butted and straight gauge. I have owned and worked on several bicycles with Vitus tubing, the oldest of which is a 1947 Peugeot Mixte which featured Vitus Rubis tubing. I still have this bike in my collection.
