Any body got a list of the colors vitus 979s were available in?
02-26-12, 05:34 PM
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Any body got a list of the colors vitus 979s were available in?
Mostly to satisfy my curiosity more than anything else. I recently picked up on in a sort of red/orange. I recall lusting after a blue one back in the 1980s and there's purple, silver, and white. I've also seen a gold. Anyone know the full rundown of the andonized colours?
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02-26-12, 07:02 PM
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According to this brochure, they came in black, blue, silver, red, and grey-blue. I don't know what year this was from; I have seen pink-ish looking ones and I am sure there may have been other colors depending on the year of manufacture.
https://equusbicycle.com/bike/vitus/b...ochure%202.pdf
https://equusbicycle.com/bike/vitus/b...ochure%202.pdf
02-26-12, 07:08 PM
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There was also a dark green (but I've only seen one), a light blue, dark blue, a rose (light pink). White and black were painted and all the rest anodized.
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I've got a green Vitus 979 (only one I've seen). I wouldn't say it's a dark green, it's almost a schwinn varsity "campus" green. I think as jonsan alludes, they had additional colors some years. Red, rose/pink, and silver appear to be the most common colors.
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Here you go:
Funny this catalogue sheet does not show white and rose which we all know exists, but I have not seen the mentioned green before.
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Funny this catalogue sheet does not show white and rose which we all know exists, but I have not seen the mentioned green before.
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Sorry to hijack. I'm trying to find the Phoenix Vitus collector who bought my ebay crank. His contact info slipped off my ebay message list. I have a frame if you want it.
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I have a 'rose' model. There were a gold and light green versions done for other brands. Peugeot got a green, forgot what brand sold one in gold.
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