Originally Posted by
jccaclimber
I have two Vitus frames, one aluminum and one carbon. I don't trust the forks in either as a matter of policy. Around 1/3 of the joints on the carbon one visibly move and are toast. The aluminum one seems ok. Some day I'll take it apart and reglue the carbon one. Until then, I keep an eye on the aluminum one and let it get used.
My Vitus Carbone 7 is still solid as I got to really inspect the frame's condition closely, specially at the glue joints, when I restored it to what you see in my pic, last year. Just curious, what size Vitus Carbone do you have? Some noted that most of the glue release problems happened with bigger frames as there was more flex at the joints with the long frame tubes. Mine's small at 52CM. One thing I did notice was, there seems to be quite a bit of aluminum from the lugs going into the tubes, so, the joints seem to have been engineered to be strong and will most likely show signs of loosening first,, way before failing completely.
Did you notice any glue problems with your Vitus 979 forks too??
Chombi