Vitus (bicycles)

Vitus (bicycles)

Vitus is a French bicycle manufacturer best known for its steel cycle frame tubing, and its frames built with aluminium tubes joined to aluminium lugs by bonding - a construction method the company pioneered in the early 1980s [Bicycle Accident Reconstruction for the Forensic Engineer, by James M. Green, published by Trafford Publishing, page 6.] . Vitus aluminium bicycles, made with small diamater tubing, are very flexible [ [http://www.youngwheels.com/classic_bike.html] . Joe Young Custom Wheels, article "Rescue a Classic Bike". Accessed on 16 December 2007.] [Bicycle Frame Materials Comparison with a Focus on Carbon Fiber Construction Methods, by Craig Calfee and David Kelly.] . In the early 1980s Vitus begun producing frames using carbon fiber 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 frames (made with more than one monocoque element).

Vitus also supplies tubing to other bicycle manufacturers. It is based near St. Etienne, France.

External links

* [http://www.vitus.fr Vitus official homepage]

References


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