<![CDATA[1986 Vitus 979 Duralinox Mk I (DURING)]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=20669 en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.7 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 04:29:23 -0600 120 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=21084 <![CDATA[1986 Vitus 979 Duralinox Mk I (DURING)]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=20669 <![CDATA[Water Bottle]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21331 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21331
WATER BOTTLE:
EuroBottle - water bottle - 750 milliliter / 25 ounce capacity - LDPE construction / wide mouth - Black - model WB-STD-750 ... [A modern large capacity 750 milliliter EuroBottle of LDPE construction.]
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<![CDATA[Bottle Cage - 02]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21328 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21328
BOTTLE CAGE:
Specialites T.A. - water bottle cage - down tube mount - 74 mm aluminum - satin finish with Black plastic top guide / clip (...later style T.A. "alphabet" logo) - model 417 ... [A period appropriate accessory in the form of a lightweight aluminum alloy T.A. water bottle cage which debuted back in 1973 and then continued to be produced with only minimal alteration well into the 1980’s (...other than the eventual availability of color anodized versions, the plastic top guide being the only true evolutionary modification - the original versions had a T.A. "chain ring" logo molded into them whereas later editions used the "alphabet logo" as seen here).]
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<![CDATA[Bottle Cage - 01]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21325 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21325
BOTTLE CAGE:
Specialites T.A. - water bottle cage - down tube mount - 74 mm aluminum - satin finish with Black plastic top guide / clip (...later style T.A. "alphabet" logo) - model 417 ... [A period appropriate accessory in the form of a lightweight aluminum alloy T.A. water bottle cage which debuted back in 1973 and then continued to be produced with only minimal alteration well into the 1980’s (...other than the eventual availability of color anodized versions, the plastic top guide being the only true evolutionary modification - the original versions had a T.A. "chain ring" logo molded into them whereas later editions used the "alphabet logo" as seen here).]
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<![CDATA[Shifters]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21322 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21322
SHIFT LEVERS:
MAVIC 820 - shift control levers - retro-friction type design - braze-on mount - post 1977 "open hoop" style aluminum alloy levers - Clear anodized finish - model 820 ... [Generally acknowledged as the best down tube friction shifters ever marketed to the general public, the version seen here are basically post 1977 "open hoop" second edition Simplex SLJ (Super Lucien Juy) retro-friction alloy shift levers absent the word "SIMPLEX" which would normally have been proudly emblazoned across their facing. In actuality, Simplex licensed these units for OEM use in conjunction with several other component manufacturer and/or manufacturer group offerings such as those once sold under the brands Spidel, Galli, Gipiemme, OFMEGA, and in this particular instance, MAVIC.]]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:51:32 -0600
<![CDATA[Seat Post - 04]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21319 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21319
SEAT POST:
Stronglight Aero Laprade (modified) - one piece cast 6061-T6 aluminum alloy construction - aerodynamic profiled shaft with "limit line" and height adjustment scale (metric) - Laprade style head with single bolt micro-adjusting clamp - polished finish shaft and headstock - 20 mm offset - 215 mm x 25.0 mm - model Aero Laprade : O.M.A.S. seat post hardware - aluminum alloy - M8 x 40 mm SHCS - model 177 ... [Inasmuch as MAVIC did not offer a branded version of their own seat post until 1989, I have opted to affix a suitably French in origin Stronglight Aero Laprade seat post, the likes of which debuted in late 1984 for the 1985 model year. While it certainly bears a physical resemblance to that specialty Rubis / Vitus branded seat post which would ultimately be supplied with their late 1980’s Carbone 9 and 1990’s O.C.T. framesets, basically this was Stronglight’s aero profiled version of the venerable Laprade seat post incorporating that distinctive micro-adjusting head borrowed from the latter. Of course, several other manufacturers have produced various Laprade style seat posts under license over the years, including perhaps most notably and most prolifically, Sakae Ringyo (SR) of Japan and Kalloy of Taiwan.]]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:54:39 -0600
<![CDATA[Seat Post - 03]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21316 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21316
SEAT POST:
Stronglight Aero Laprade (modified) - one piece cast 6061-T6 aluminum alloy construction - aerodynamic profiled shaft with "limit line" and height adjustment scale (metric) - Laprade style head with single bolt micro-adjusting clamp - polished finish shaft and headstock - 20 mm offset - 215 mm x 25.0 mm - model Aero Laprade : O.M.A.S. seat post hardware - aluminum alloy - M8 x 40 mm SHCS - model 177 ... [Inasmuch as MAVIC did not offer a branded version of their own seat post until 1989, I have opted to affix a suitably French in origin Stronglight Aero Laprade seat post, the likes of which debuted in late 1984 for the 1985 model year. While it certainly bears a physical resemblance to that specialty Rubis / Vitus branded seat post which would ultimately be supplied with their late 1980’s Carbone 9 and 1990’s O.C.T. framesets, basically this was Stronglight’s aero profiled version of the venerable Laprade seat post incorporating that distinctive micro-adjusting head borrowed from the latter. Of course, several other manufacturers have produced various Laprade style seat posts under license over the years, including perhaps most notably and most prolifically, Sakae Ringyo (SR) of Japan and Kalloy of Taiwan.]]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:54:30 -0600
<![CDATA[Seat Post - 02]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21313 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21313
SEAT POST:
Stronglight Aero Laprade (modified) - one piece cast 6061-T6 aluminum alloy construction - aerodynamic profiled shaft with "limit line" and height adjustment scale (metric) - Laprade style head with single bolt micro-adjusting clamp - polished finish shaft and headstock - 20 mm offset - 215 mm x 25.0 mm - model Aero Laprade : O.M.A.S. seat post hardware - aluminum alloy - M8 x 40 mm SHCS - model 177 ... [Inasmuch as MAVIC did not offer a branded version of their own seat post until 1989, I have opted to affix a suitably French in origin Stronglight Aero Laprade seat post, the likes of which debuted in late 1984 for the 1985 model year. While it certainly bears a physical resemblance to that specialty Rubis / Vitus branded seat post which would ultimately be supplied with their late 1980’s Carbone 9 and 1990’s O.C.T. framesets, basically this was Stronglight’s aero profiled version of the venerable Laprade seat post incorporating that distinctive micro-adjusting head borrowed from the latter. Of course, several other manufacturers have produced various Laprade style seat posts under license over the years, including perhaps most notably and most prolifically, Sakae Ringyo (SR) of Japan and Kalloy of Taiwan.]]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:54:21 -0600
<![CDATA[Seat Post - 01]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21310 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21310
SEAT POST:
Stronglight Aero Laprade (modified) - one piece cast 6061-T6 aluminum alloy construction - aerodynamic profiled shaft with "limit line" and height adjustment scale (metric) - Laprade style head with single bolt micro-adjusting clamp - polished finish shaft and headstock - 20 mm offset - 215 mm x 25.0 mm - model Aero Laprade : O.M.A.S. seat post hardware - aluminum alloy - M8 x 40 mm SHCS - model 177 ... [Inasmuch as MAVIC did not offer a branded version of their own seat post until 1989, I have opted to affix a suitably French in origin Stronglight Aero Laprade seat post, the likes of which debuted in late 1984 for the 1985 model year. While it certainly bears a physical resemblance to that specialty Rubis / Vitus branded seat post which would ultimately be supplied with their late 1980’s Carbone 9 and 1990’s O.C.T. framesets, basically this was Stronglight’s aero profiled version of the venerable Laprade seat post incorporating that distinctive micro-adjusting head borrowed from the latter. Of course, several other manufacturers have produced various Laprade style seat posts under license over the years, including perhaps most notably and most prolifically, Sakae Ringyo (SR) of Japan and Kalloy of Taiwan.]]]>
R.S. Broderick photo Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:54:12 -0600
<![CDATA[Saddle - 04]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21307 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21307
SADDLE:
Ideale 2002 Titane - nylon plastic (Rislan or Nylon-11, a trademark product of the Rislan Corporation) shell - microcellular Latex foam padding - Black leather cover - alloyed titanium frame rails - model 2002 Titane ... [With a distinguished heritage of having produced only the finest traditional leather cycling saddles since their establishment at the dawn of cycling’s first Golden Age in 1890, the French firm of Tron & Berthet S.A. eventually found themselves compelled by competition to offer an alternative type of construction. And so it came to pass some fifteen years following the introduction of the revolutionary Unica (Nitor) saddle and its subsequent spawn of myriad molded plastic imitators that Ideale finally joined the fray in late 1973 with a new line of saddles initially comprised of the models 2000 (...a Rislan nylon plastic saddle with steel rails), 2001 (...using the same steel rails and Rislan base as the 2000 but with a leather covering), and the 2002 (...again, based upon steel rails and a Rislan shell but having a thin layer of Latex foam padding underneath its leather cover). For model year 1979, Ideale would subsequently add the models 2003 (...a deluxe version of the 2002 having chrome plated rails) and 2004 (...again, similar to the 2002 excepting a thicker 15 mm layer of foam padding) to their lineup prior to the complete cessation of production in the mid 1980’s. With respect to the somewhat uncommon and oft coveted Ideale 2002 Titane seen here, it weighs in at a tidy 313 grams (...which is to say 80 grams less than its standard steel railed 2002 counterpart) and is the very same version of Ideale that Bernard Thevenet rode to victory in both the 1975 and 1977 editions of the Tour de France. Please note that the various Ideale specific decals seen on this saddle are painstakingly accurate reproductions which I had custom made (...excepting that one found on the underside of the Rislan shell, which indeed remains a true original).]
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<![CDATA[Saddle - 03]]> https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21304 https://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=21304
SADDLE:
Ideale 2002 Titane - nylon plastic (Rislan or Nylon-11, a trademark product of the Rislan Corporation) shell - microcellular Latex foam padding - Black leather cover - alloyed titanium frame rails - model 2002 Titane ... [With a distinguished heritage of having produced only the finest traditional leather cycling saddles since their establishment at the dawn of cycling’s first Golden Age in 1890, the French firm of Tron & Berthet S.A. eventually found themselves compelled by competition to offer an alternative type of construction. And so it came to pass some fifteen years following the introduction of the revolutionary Unica (Nitor) saddle and its subsequent spawn of myriad molded plastic imitators that Ideale finally joined the fray in late 1973 with a new line of saddles initially comprised of the models 2000 (...a Rislan nylon plastic saddle with steel rails), 2001 (...using the same steel rails and Rislan base as the 2000 but with a leather covering), and the 2002 (...again, based upon steel rails and a Rislan shell but having a thin layer of Latex foam padding underneath its leather cover). For model year 1979, Ideale would subsequently add the models 2003 (...a deluxe version of the 2002 having chrome plated rails) and 2004 (...again, similar to the 2002 excepting a thicker 15 mm layer of foam padding) to their lineup prior to the complete cessation of production in the mid 1980’s. With respect to the somewhat uncommon and oft coveted Ideale 2002 Titane seen here, it weighs in at a tidy 313 grams (...which is to say 80 grams less than its standard steel railed 2002 counterpart) and is the very same version of Ideale that Bernard Thevenet rode to victory in both the 1975 and 1977 editions of the Tour de France. Please note that the various Ideale specific decals seen on this saddle are painstakingly accurate reproductions which I had custom made (...excepting that one found on the underside of the Rislan shell, which indeed remains a true original).]
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