Thread: Super Vitus 980
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Old 01-27-19 | 09:23 PM
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Bikes: 1984 Chas Roberts Audax tubing?, 1985 Roberts SLX, Mercian 531, 1984 Torpado SLX, 1981/82 Peugeot PSV-10, 1978 Charlie Roberts full touring, 1970 Charlie Roberts 531 road.


Originally Posted by Chombi1
Of all the race bikes I own, my PSV has the most amount of rake on its fork.

That, plus the relaxed geometry of my 56cm size PSV, results in a very stable, neutral handling bike.
I do find the curve of the fork legs to be a bit weird looking as they have more of a kink than a smooth curve with a short area of bend then a short straight section below it to the front dropouts. Not as elegant looking as the curves on my bikes with Columbus fork tubes.
Not sure if the fork legs came pre-bent from the Vitus factory, but I wish Peugeot gave them a better looking curve than what they have.....
Perhaps it’s a larger frame, or different year, but I find my forks quite elegent, much like an earlier time for French steel frames..
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