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Re: Ok, so I have been taking it through it’s paces and so far I have had it up to about 65km/hr - it has been very stable, I really can’t complain at all, fast, smooth. There is a small and almost vertical hill here by my house, tried climbing it and about 5m from the top the front wheel...

Do you know where I can find any of the plastic things for the rear brake cable where it enters and exits the top tube? I thought I found some, they arrived today and are completely the wrong shape.

Re: Well, I haven’t ridden it yet, will let you know. I did bring this up with Peter at guywires though, he has a shop in Vancouver that does everything from supplying rate Vitus parts to rebounding Vitus tubes. He suggested that it could be an alignment issue as they can be sensitive, but...

Re: Starting to look like a bike

Re: Here is some anecdotal info from an old eBay ad 1995 Vitus Argal Al Frameset, 56cm, w/Headset, Seatpost, Bottom Bracket, XLNT! Description I built this Vitus Argal from a frameset several years ago. And it was used as a display bike off and on at a local bike shop. I never rode it, and I...

Re: Ok thanks, that is what I figured

Re: brake cable threading Hi, This may seem to be a silly question but when you ran the rear brake cable through the frame, did you just run the casing right through or did you end the casing at the entry point, bare wire inside, and another casing at the exit?

Re: Here is mine, early in the build

Re: Hi, seems that this bike is in the 97 catalog but was introduced in 96, see here https://fotos.rennrad-news.de/s/18567 My version does not have the cable guides on the head tube but yours, and the 97 does.

Re: Ok, as I am building my own Argal, I looked up the name and it wasn’t encouraging.... argal adverb ar·​gal | \ ˈär-gəl\ Definition of argal (Entry 1 of 2) : THEREFORE —used chiefly to imply that the reasoning is specious or absurd