Originally Posted by
T-Mar
Another factor to consider is that by that time Peugeot had abandoned the French component manufacturers and jumped on the SIS banwagon, specifying Shimano 105 on this model, thus elminating the need to spec Super Vitus in order to keep the bicycle all-French.
Close to half of all SV980 models were spec'd with components other than Simplex and Stronglight.
Another example is 1989. Peugeot used Reynolds 653, Colombus SLX, Reynolds 531, 501 and their in house HLE tubing.....for the
French market.
It seems like SV980 was bumped out as Reynolds introduced new tubings. Keep in mind the French economy was very bad in the late 80's. The entire French bicycle industry was on the verge of collapse.