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nice wheels!

forget rollapaluza thursdays. this was something else - yoyo-ing, sprints, cabbie pacing, maxi-spins...

stopped halfway with the legs out of sprint fodder. definitely back next week. will stick to fixed 70 + to the speed limit and do the full 22 miles

if the 650 fr wheel is still for sale i'm interested

would be interested in the eno if it's still for sale and if it's for 130mm frame

is it splined or screw-on?

SOLD to RAJ

sure, will pm you

arvy has been in touch

not sure about the age but would say early 90s, around 20 years old

seat tube 54 cm ctr/ctr
top tube 54.5 cm ctr/ctr

waiting for beckstanza to get in touch

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VITUS 992 single speed, 54cm

Time to let the Vitus 992 go. I’ve been using it for the last 18 months after buying it in Marseilles in Aug 2009. I’ve climbed and descended the Montagne de Lure (little sister of the Ventoux at 1800 something meters, only met one cyclist in the fog, very different experience from the Ventoux) on it and done numerous rides in Herts and Essex as well as used it on the rollers. It’s my favourite frame (love the raw metal/silver colour, the head tube shape + the geometry), but after months of denial I’ve finally accepted that it's too small for me and that I'm definitely not about to shrink (my bike collection needs to though).

It has some scratches/marks and a couple of dents + no logos (you can see the 'shadow' of the Vitus letters on the top tube), so not immaculate, but it retains a wow factor- people always comment on it. I believe these were the first frames with integrated headsets and Sean Kelly won the 1992 Milan-San Remo on a Vitus 992. Wasn't this one though - his was pink, but it makes it a classic. I did install an NOS Stronglight Competition BB in Sept 2009.
Long ad, I know, but reflects my reluctant sale. There are lots of 979s on Ebay, the 992s and their ovoid tubes are rarer.

Frame: Vitus 992
Wheels: Rear Black CXP33 with Hope Hub and 16T single speed freewheel (never been on the road), CXP33 with shiny Ultegra Hub at the front (not the one in the pic). The rear hub has some scratches, but the rim is immaculate as the previous owner hadn’t figured out how to get the 130mm spacing right with this hub, so never used it. Front wheel is used and the rim is worn. 32 spokes on both wheels.
Tyres: front is an Evo Open Corsa Cx with a couple of cuts, rear is a used Hutchinson Nitro.
Crankset: Stronglight 107 double with black 42/52 Gipiemme rings (from a Moser) + an extra 52T Stronglight 107 ring
Brakes: Shimano RX-100 + Shimano aero levers
Stem: 3TTT Mutant (NOS, never been on the road, but has some shop wear), ITM handlebar
Headset: Mavic
Bottom bracket: NOS Stronglight competition 118mm, installed Sept 2009
Saddle: orange Colnago-Hoskar-Rabobank-branded San Marco
If you're wondering the derailleur hanger has been covered with tape to protect the thread

I've this frame geared, fixed (Eno) and now with a magic single speed gear for easy urban riding and I love the feel and geometry of the frame.

£275, pickup from North London, NW5. I can throw in a rear derailleur and I have a pair of used Suntour downtube shifters too if you're prefer to ride it geared.

Bike House - a new bike shop in Kentish Town/Fortress Rd - is looking for a bike mechanic. Competitive salary, nice owner. Call Bahadir - 07977537720

will you do the rims for 35?

an old thread, but sv980 is top tubing, the main weakness is that it was made by people without a business mind

i might have some, need to dig them up though

or a grass track league on the tufnell park grass field

good thing all british riders are clean at least

21 nov?!

might join in but can't get away until 10.30 so would have to catch up somewhere

decathlon, yes, i've got one of those for backup, but the argal is aero so quite nice, not super light though

yes, decathlon, and if you can track down a vitus argal seatpost, they're 24.2

looking at welvyn, it shouldn't be hard to reproduce that type of track around the parliament hill athletics track, with money and approval from the local population of course. plenty of school around there that could use it. and - a definite clincher - it's got 'hill' in the name, so half way there.

herne hill is 25 minutes from kentish town with the thameslink/first capital connect, when they're not doing work on the line, which seems to be most weekends lately.

leave the poor junkies alone and enjoy the show. legalise doping and stop wasting time... there has always been and will always be doping and more money can only make it worse. the pharmaceutical industry could offer great sponsorship.

are we talking moral stances or bodily harm? in terms of morality, riding an hour record in mexico is a form of doping, as is riding a cardboard bike, or sleeping and eating properly... in terms of bodily harm, blood doping can't be compared to taking steroids (does that make it more acceptable?). the most immoral cheating is wheel sucking and that's one of the fundamentals of bike racing. the problem isn't the doping, the problem is the inhuman racing/training calendar.

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