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Vitus is a French bicycle manufacturer best known for its steel cycle frame tubing, and its frames built with
The Vitus 992 improved on the 979 design by pinching the aluminum tubes into an ovoid shape at certain critical places, greatly improving stiffness.
In the early 1980s, Vitus began producing frames using
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aluminium
Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...
tubes joined to aluminium lugs by bonding - a construction method the company pioneered in the late 1970s.
Frames
Compared to modern aluminium bicycle frames, early Vitus aluminium frames, such as the 979, offered more comfort because of the small diameter of the tubes.Bicycle Frame Materials Comparison with a Focus on Carbon Fiber Construction Methods, by Craig Calfee and David Kelly. As a result, the frames lacked some degree of lateral stiffness compared to their steel counterparts.
The Vitus 992 improved on the 979 design by pinching the aluminum tubes into an ovoid shape at certain critical places, greatly improving stiffness.
In the early 1980s, Vitus began producing frames using carbon fiber
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English), carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber reinforced-thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP), also known as carbon fiber, carbon compo ...
tubing, but did so in keeping with the company's method of using small diameter tubing and bonding lugs.
The company later expanded its product offering with carbon fiber semi-monocoque
Monocoque ( ), also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell. The word ''monocoque'' is a French term for "single shell".
First used for boats, ...
frames (made with more than one monocoque
Monocoque ( ), also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell. The word ''monocoque'' is a French term for "single shell".
First used for boats, ...
element), like the ZX-1. The ZX-1 was one of the first monocoque carbon fiber bikes made.
Since being purchased by WiggleCRC group Vitus bikes became a direct-to-consumer brand selling exclusively on Chain Reaction Cycles and Wiggle websites.
Frame tubing
Vitus also supplies tubing to other bicycle manufacturers.Location
It is based nearSt. Etienne
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, France
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It has manufacturing in Cambodia
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References
External links
official site
Schutt article
Highflange article
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