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Lenton - thanks very much for that in depth info, really helpful :) Ah yes there is, good call. It's a 48.

Thanks for the info mAdam, very helpful. I've found plenty of references to the 979 which seems really well known, but very few references to the 797. Assumed this was a lower spec and knew it was from some time later, but never realised the info was staring me in the face right there on the top...

Vitus 797 by jackthedog2012, on Flickr Posted on Singletrack too, sorry if you've read this already. I've ended up with this old Vitus. It was barely used (like less than 100 miles sort of barely used) when I got it and that's a trend I've kept up. I feel compelled to find a good home for...

I learnt that there are very few people in the world of work that actually fully know what they're doing and aren't just waiting to be uncovered as a clueless chancer.

Beautiful bike, can't believe the condition.

Eek. A sticker does not an Orange make.

These have now been snapped up by finbar. Thanks for the interest, simoncpe.

Any bike magazine hoarders from Sheffield or surrounding area on the boards? I have a random stack of magazines, earliest being from about Aug 1996, so not that retro. Various conditions from mint to tatty. Too many to bother counting, but the pile is roughly waist high (I'm not that tall)...

Thank you for the welcomes. Haha oh dear, I probably wasn't clear :) Alas, the bikes I listed were just some of my favourites to give an idea of my particular preferred flavour of retro :) Unfortunately I'm one of those annoying people that don't replace things until they are broken, so...

Hello Retrobikers, signed up yesterday after lurking for ages and thought I should introduce myself :) Sheffield rider, interested in all bikes old and new, been riding properly since about 1996 and have never thrown a bike away so I have quite a packed (if rather worthless and horrendously...