Originally Posted by
ColnagoC40
I have three Vitus bikes 2 x 979 and one 992.
Oh Lucky Man!
Originally Posted by
ColnagoC40
The 992 is built up with Dura Ace 7700 and by today's standards at 20lbs probably a bit heavy...
By today's standard $10,000+ racing machines, yes it is heavy. Flaming oath: unless you are racing your freckels off in some CAT race, it just just does not matter a tuppence if it is not a plastic featherweight.
Originally Posted by
ColnagoC40
... for high speed descents I prefer the Vitus.
Interesting. I've sometimes thought that descents were the only (but slight) pimple in frame. In comparison, my 531 Romani?/Simplon will swish downhill like it is on rails! On the 979 I am always alert for the unexpected. Pretty mild difference, but it is there.
Originally Posted by
ColnagoC40
IMHO the best aluminum frames ever made.
No authority to comment except to say that this machine is never leaving my side while I am alive!