Hi everyone,
I’m trying to identify a bike I bought a few years ago and have finally got around to restoring. Although the bike has Peugeot decals I’ve no way of knowing if it is actually a Peugeot and I’ve been unable to find a Peugeot like this.
There is no frame number that I can find although I haven’t got all of the paint off yet. Dropouts are Simplex, BB is Stronglight as is the crank set and ‘competition’ head set.
The frame weighs approximately 1900gms, and the forks, stamped Vitus, weigh 800gms. The brakes are Mafac Criterium cantilever. I don’t know if Vitus forks were used by multiple frame builders? The top seat tube is marked ‘????? Butted’, I can only work out the word butted.
The two most interesting things about the bike are the rear brake cable routing and the front wheel. The rear brake cable goes inside the cross bar as shown in the pictures, I’ve seen this on pictures of some Vitus frames. The front wheel spokes are wired where they cross, I’ve never seen this before but maybe it’s for strengthening?
I’m not expecting the bike to be super rare or valuable, it’s just ‘interesting’. Any help identifying it would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Chris.
I’m trying to identify a bike I bought a few years ago and have finally got around to restoring. Although the bike has Peugeot decals I’ve no way of knowing if it is actually a Peugeot and I’ve been unable to find a Peugeot like this.
There is no frame number that I can find although I haven’t got all of the paint off yet. Dropouts are Simplex, BB is Stronglight as is the crank set and ‘competition’ head set.
The frame weighs approximately 1900gms, and the forks, stamped Vitus, weigh 800gms. The brakes are Mafac Criterium cantilever. I don’t know if Vitus forks were used by multiple frame builders? The top seat tube is marked ‘????? Butted’, I can only work out the word butted.
The two most interesting things about the bike are the rear brake cable routing and the front wheel. The rear brake cable goes inside the cross bar as shown in the pictures, I’ve seen this on pictures of some Vitus frames. The front wheel spokes are wired where they cross, I’ve never seen this before but maybe it’s for strengthening?
I’m not expecting the bike to be super rare or valuable, it’s just ‘interesting’. Any help identifying it would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Chris.