Titus steel?
01-19-09, 02:34 PM
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Titus steel?
My dad recently bought an old Gitane road bike.
According to him, it has the typical sachs/huret derailleurs etc...
But he says the frame sticker says "titus 999"
My first thought was, "perhaps the sticker is blemished and he really means Vitus. Vitus would be most likey."
But I asked him and he swears it says Titus. Have any idea what the heck this is? I may have to drive 45 min to go see the bike for myself. I don't discount the possibility that he didn't have his glasses on, or that the room was poorly lit. But still, thought I'd check with ye, C&V gurus.
According to him, it has the typical sachs/huret derailleurs etc...
But he says the frame sticker says "titus 999"
My first thought was, "perhaps the sticker is blemished and he really means Vitus. Vitus would be most likey."
But I asked him and he swears it says Titus. Have any idea what the heck this is? I may have to drive 45 min to go see the bike for myself. I don't discount the possibility that he didn't have his glasses on, or that the room was poorly lit. But still, thought I'd check with ye, C&V gurus.
01-19-09, 04:58 PM
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It's most likey Vitus 979.
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01-19-09, 06:49 PM
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Aw, you need to go visit your dad. dontcha.
Stealing from Norris Lockley...
"...The top tube set was TXO a chromium-molybdenum-vanadium tube set in 0.8/0.6 gauges with internal ribbing. The same steel, 18 MCDV6, was used to make the triple-butted GTI tube set and the Olympic P/G curved tube set for time-trial frames. 18 MCD6 steel, a chro-moly was used for the XO D/B road and track sets and the 999 NEW P/G touring set. A new type of steel 18MV6 - known as a silicon-maganese tubing SM, was introduced as the company's base set. While some French manufacturers continued to use these excellent sets, the Company did not take much of a slice out of either Columbus' or Reynolds' sales..."
Could be 979 if the bike is aluminum, and there is nothing especially wrong with that, but it is more likely that it really is Vitus 999...
Stealing from Norris Lockley...
"...The top tube set was TXO a chromium-molybdenum-vanadium tube set in 0.8/0.6 gauges with internal ribbing. The same steel, 18 MCDV6, was used to make the triple-butted GTI tube set and the Olympic P/G curved tube set for time-trial frames. 18 MCD6 steel, a chro-moly was used for the XO D/B road and track sets and the 999 NEW P/G touring set. A new type of steel 18MV6 - known as a silicon-maganese tubing SM, was introduced as the company's base set. While some French manufacturers continued to use these excellent sets, the Company did not take much of a slice out of either Columbus' or Reynolds' sales..."
Could be 979 if the bike is aluminum, and there is nothing especially wrong with that, but it is more likely that it really is Vitus 999...
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Never heard of Vitus 999 till now. Good one Luker. Upon doing some research (instead of being asleep
) I came across this: T-MAR: "Vitus 999 was a plain gauge CR-Mo tubeset. It was basically the equivalent of Columbus Aelle and was second from bottom in the Vitus line. While it may have been been produced in the very late 80's, it is generally associated with the 90's. My 1988 Vitus data sheets do not mention it."
) I came across this: T-MAR: "Vitus 999 was a plain gauge CR-Mo tubeset. It was basically the equivalent of Columbus Aelle and was second from bottom in the Vitus line. While it may have been been produced in the very late 80's, it is generally associated with the 90's. My 1988 Vitus data sheets do not mention it."
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01-19-09, 07:43 PM
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To determine if the bike is aluminum (979) or steel, hold the bike firmly by the stem and saddle or seatpost. Place your foot where the axle is going through the bottom bracket. Now push. If you felt the bike flex and spring back - it's steel. Hardly any give or spring? Aluminum.
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To determine if the bike is aluminum (979) or steel, hold the bike firmly by the stem and saddle or seatpost. Place your foot where the axle is going through the bottom bracket. Now push. If you felt the bike flex and spring back - it's steel. Hardly any give or spring? Aluminum.
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