[pardon the repost from bikeforums...dunno how much overlap there is.]
i recently picked up a vitus carbone 7...mostly complete, dirty, partially disassembled. a 'get my long-gone kid's junk out of my basement' situation. i picked it up for the crankset (SR 180mm) and possibly wheels (*silky* mavic 501's w/gel 280's), but i'm wondering about the rest of it.
some internet searching tells me that the vitus bonded carbone frames are prone to failure. this one seems like it saw little use...after a bit of cleanup it looks great. OEM 979 bonded aluminum fork & lugs are mostly devoid of corrosion, decals are all present w/slight cracking, zero dings to the carbon...even on the driveside chainstay, bizarre 23mm seatpost is present (a rubis 983). so is it wall art, a rider, or a resale?
came with a very clean simplex prestige LJ rear derailleur. i see that a NOS version, otherwise identical to the one i have, recently went for $255 on eBay. say what? that's more than i paid for the whole shootin' match. is that a flyer, or is this derailleur some sort of vintage holy grail?
pretty standard fare beyond this...mavic branded modolo equipes (w/original pads), cinelli 64-44/1A, DA headset, mavic (chamfered) BB.
thanks for any input...
i recently picked up a vitus carbone 7...mostly complete, dirty, partially disassembled. a 'get my long-gone kid's junk out of my basement' situation. i picked it up for the crankset (SR 180mm) and possibly wheels (*silky* mavic 501's w/gel 280's), but i'm wondering about the rest of it.
some internet searching tells me that the vitus bonded carbone frames are prone to failure. this one seems like it saw little use...after a bit of cleanup it looks great. OEM 979 bonded aluminum fork & lugs are mostly devoid of corrosion, decals are all present w/slight cracking, zero dings to the carbon...even on the driveside chainstay, bizarre 23mm seatpost is present (a rubis 983). so is it wall art, a rider, or a resale?
came with a very clean simplex prestige LJ rear derailleur. i see that a NOS version, otherwise identical to the one i have, recently went for $255 on eBay. say what? that's more than i paid for the whole shootin' match. is that a flyer, or is this derailleur some sort of vintage holy grail?
pretty standard fare beyond this...mavic branded modolo equipes (w/original pads), cinelli 64-44/1A, DA headset, mavic (chamfered) BB.
thanks for any input...