Originally Posted by
Luis Ocana 1973
It usually is about money, but in this case i'm not sure how. Wouldn't it have been cheaper for Peugeot to use a domestic French supplier rather than an English one? I don't know how strong the pound was against the franc in '87 but it would just seem more expensive.
It could be any number of reasons. I highly dought Reynolds 501 pushed Super Vitus out of tha market as both tubes were used simultaneously with SV980 being a higher end tube.
By 1990 Peugeot was no longer using Vitus tubes. They were using Reynolds 753 653 531 501 and their in house HLE tubing. It appears 653 or possibly 531 was used in place of SV980.