For Sale: Very nice Vitus 979 frame

Offering very nice 979 frame in 56cm size

Very interesting and light glued aluminium construction. Internal routing for rear brake cable. Seatpost fixation through setscrew(not included). It has Jan Janssen decals as in Holland Vitus was carried under the Jan Janssen brand. The person behind it, Jan Janssen, were winner of the 1968 TdF.

Frame is in very nice shape. Hardly a sign of use. A couple imperfections in decals are actually the only thing worth mentioning.

There is no fork, as it donated its to my Vitus FCK9(carbon-kevlar) project.

Looking for 135 GBP shipped

I will do utmost on packaging. I use foam heating insulation tubing and everything will go into a sturdy bike box.

View HERE for more pics.

Price drop for the Vitus

125 gbp shipped now

where are you based?

Hi Jazzy,

Holland, but shipping is included in the asking.

Absolutely lovely 979. Good luck with the sale.

argh! if only it had horizontal drops. That's a gorgeous bike, good luck selling it

hi, do you know what year the frame is from?
what is the top tube length?
does it take a 1" or 1 1/8th headset?

thanks

Thank you for the kind words

Both seattube and toptube measure 56cm center to center

It does thake a 1" headset

Rear end spacing is 130mm

I would think the frame dates from somewhere around 1990, but these Vitus' were made quite some period. I think from early 80s on to somewhere in the 90s. This makes period correct component selection a little easier.

Sale is of frame only, but...

you need a fork with it?

No problem.

That can be solved quite easily.

I do have a bonded aluminum Koga-Miyata FullPro fork available. 1991 model and new old stock.The best stuff you could possibly have. It looks very good, is well made, light, stable an safe. It is partly painted though, so it needs to be stripped and polished. Once done you will have a hard time noticing it is not a Vitus.

The NOS Miyata fork is one like this one -->

Spot the differences with the original -->

With the Vitus the fork can be acquired for an additional 20 GBP. So 145 GBP for everything including shipping.

Where on earth do you find all these shiny things?... oh for a wad of cash:-)

This is your chance to own such a shiny thing yourself

...& it not even involves a lot of cash.

No one in the market for a proper made light weight frame?!

Great looking frame.

Thank you

On the kitchen scale ==>>

1460 gram !

do you still have that koga? that is a beauty.

The Vitus found a new happy owner and will soon be enjoyed on British roads.

So SOLD

what about the koga miyata though? do you own it?

Hi TomBurtonArt,

I had a couple. Now one left, but I will preserve that one for my own collection.

What is also left is a similar Koga, but with carbon tubing in front triangle >>

This is NOS stuff. Very light.

Its beautiful!

for sale?

Hi Zieleman, If you run across any more clean 56 cm Vitus 979 frames, and are open to shipping to Boston, please let me know - spsiegel10@gmail.com

This last one was a beauty but I saw it too late.

Thanks!

Im looking for a 56 cm racing frame, myself.........