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Originally Posted by
Chombi1
I think you might have been meaning to refer to ALAN's head tube lug cracking problems? I don't think Vitus had head lug cracking problems, because they had that hefly, one piece aluminum headstock design that got rid of having to use lugs at that high stress area.
I've seen lots of ALAN'S with cracked head lugs, but never really seen a Vitus 979, 992, 787 or Carbone with a cracked aluminum headstock.....
You are correct. It was the ALAN that had this issue to be aware of. Lucky for me, my ALAN was in good shape and what a lovely bike...
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