The "Show off your bike" thread! (Vol 2)
Discussion
Thought i would give this thread a bump, been waiting to buy a new bike for about 10 years.
They have moved on a fair bit since my last one
never heard of Vitus before but the spec for the money cant be beat.
Had it 5 weeks now and managed the grand total of 3 miles due to s
te weather 
Still sat in the house waiting for decent weather.
They have moved on a fair bit since my last one
never heard of Vitus before but the spec for the money cant be beat.Had it 5 weeks now and managed the grand total of 3 miles due to s
te weather Still sat in the house waiting for decent weather.
vaderface said:
Thought i would give this thread a bump, been waiting to buy a new bike for about 10 years.
They have moved on a fair bit since my last one never heard of Vitus before but the spec for the money cant be beat.
Had it 5 weeks now and managed the grand total of 3 miles due to ste weather
Still sat in the house waiting for decent weather.
Purchased a Vitus 20+ for my 6 year old at Christmas, it's brilliant with some decent components for the price. Was that impressed we've got another (Vitus Nucleus 26) for my 9 year old who turns 10 at the end of the month and outgrown his previous bike, being delivered this week. I'm contemplating replacing my aging GT Agressor with a Vitus Nuclear 27 or 29. For the money I couldn't find anything better, great bikes.They have moved on a fair bit since my last one
never heard of Vitus before but the spec for the money cant be beat.Had it 5 weeks now and managed the grand total of 3 miles due to s
te weather Still sat in the house waiting for decent weather.
vaderface said:
Thought i would give this thread a bump, been waiting to buy a new bike for about 10 years.
They have moved on a fair bit since my last one never heard of Vitus before but the spec for the money cant be beat.
Had it 5 weeks now and managed the grand total of 3 miles due to ste weather
Still sat in the house waiting for decent weather.
Saw one of these in flesh on Sunday at Danbury, a couple of lads had come down from North London...lovely colour in the sun They have moved on a fair bit since my last one
never heard of Vitus before but the spec for the money cant be beat.Had it 5 weeks now and managed the grand total of 3 miles due to s
te weather Still sat in the house waiting for decent weather.
Never heard of Vitus?
Stupidly sold my Vitus 992 road bike a few years ago. Wasn’t using it,taking up space, so I flogged it. Terrible mistake, it was a thing of beauty, kitted out with Campagnolo Record. Frame was the same as the one Sean Kelly rode to win Milan - San Remo. Similar to this (mine was Record, I think this I’d Chorus), white hoods and tape, white Regal Girardi seat. I’m an idiot.
Stupidly sold my Vitus 992 road bike a few years ago. Wasn’t using it,taking up space, so I flogged it. Terrible mistake, it was a thing of beauty, kitted out with Campagnolo Record. Frame was the same as the one Sean Kelly rode to win Milan - San Remo. Similar to this (mine was Record, I think this I’d Chorus), white hoods and tape, white Regal Girardi seat. I’m an idiot.
Tim O said:
Never heard of Vitus?
Not till last year when i started to look for a new bike, was looking at Nukeproof first.I started mtbing in 1990 so im a bit old skool. Was all Specialized, Marin, Pace, Orange, Kona, Klein and Cannondale back then.
Drifts off into retro Mtb world ....
trails, your right about the colour, does pop in the little bit of sun it has seen
Quoting myself from the "what bike bits" thread to save typing out the set-up again...
Road bike taken off the trainer and hung back on the wall until spring.
Commuting & ebike bits stripped off the tourer; tourer back on Zwift; me enjoying Zwift again.
Giant washed, lubed, and generally checked over and adjusted as needed (not a lot).
I bought new tyres and tubes for the Giant, and then had to buy new mudguards as well, as the ones I had already are too thin for 38mm Marathons. That pretty much tripled the budget
I also splashed out on a dynamo powered rear light, with standlight, to join the front one.
I moved the brakes and twists inwards, and added comfy ergo grips from my Box of Hoarding; comfier saddle from the same Box; most other bits 'n' bobs I've had forever and just moved across from the tourer.
The rack won't quite mount onto the proper holes without pushing the mudguard into the tyre due to the bar running across the bottom of it.
I had to cold-set the rear dropouts as they were a bit too narrow for the motor hub.
And for some reason, although I remember just swapping my 7 speed tourer up to 8 speed on its original wheel with just a cassette change and limit-screw fiddle, that old 7 speed cassette was too narrow for the freewheel on the motor... so rather than mess with spacers or anything, I simply bunged the 8 speed back on there, and you just can't select the highest gear
Talking of which, the derailleur only needed a tiny tweak to get it working perfectly on the original gears... and then another tweak for the 8 cold-setting and 8 speed cassette. They are the best shifting twist-shift gears I've ever met! Slightly ironic as, with the motor, I'll probably leave it in one gear 99% of the time.
The battery ended up slightly lop-sided, which is annoying as I thought I did a better and more careful job of locating the rivnuts on this bike
I took off, then put back, the derailleur guard as it works to protect the wire into the motor, too.
Jobs to do:
I might cut the stays down a bit on both guards, but I'd rather run them as maximum clearance for now even though it's not so pretty.
Will probably add an extension to the front guard, too, for dry feet and more battery protection.
Swap out the QR on the seatpost when I find a suitable bolt.
Took it for a brief ride today (I had a minor op earlier this week - I'm not supposed to be riding at all!) and I'm really pleased with it, it feels smooth to ride - which it should be on 38s, with a bouncy seatpost and that saddle! - and actually nippier than the same kit on the touring bike for some reason. So I'm pretty happy with how the whole thing has come out
Budget for this project:
Bike £30
Tyres and tubes (3, one for each plus spare) £46
Mudguards £24
Grand total: £100
(Well, plus £23 for the extravagant and unnecessary rear light... but I'll save that in batteries... over the next 15 years or so )
defblade said:
I'm sticking this in bike bits, because even if it's technically a whole, working bike (well, BSO), I'm not about to put it in "show off your bike" just yet!
It's a (dirty) Giant hybrid from 2000 ish +- 2 or 3 years, and I intend to swap my electric bike kit on to it as (a) my old tourer which currently has it fitted is too road-position focused for a short commute - I'd like the sit up and spin without effort of a hybrid (b) I want that tourer back on Zwift, as my current 1x road bike which works really well on the hills around here, is horrible to use on Zwift! I really notice those gearing jumps.
It's a little small for me really, but hopefully no probs on a 3 mile e-assisted commute.
The brakes work really well, the gears work as well as any twist-shift I've met (ie, sort of, eventually, but do manage the full range both ends), steering is smooth, suspension seat post works(!), tyres need a bit more air (and then replacing).
All for the princely sum of £30 from someone on gumtree who was 20 minutes walk to and 5 minutes ride home away
Can't go far wrong! I know I've spent a lot more on bike stuff that's turned out to be useless...
So...It's a (dirty) Giant hybrid from 2000 ish +- 2 or 3 years, and I intend to swap my electric bike kit on to it as (a) my old tourer which currently has it fitted is too road-position focused for a short commute - I'd like the sit up and spin without effort of a hybrid (b) I want that tourer back on Zwift, as my current 1x road bike which works really well on the hills around here, is horrible to use on Zwift! I really notice those gearing jumps.
It's a little small for me really, but hopefully no probs on a 3 mile e-assisted commute.
The brakes work really well, the gears work as well as any twist-shift I've met (ie, sort of, eventually, but do manage the full range both ends), steering is smooth, suspension seat post works(!), tyres need a bit more air (and then replacing).
All for the princely sum of £30 from someone on gumtree who was 20 minutes walk to and 5 minutes ride home away
Can't go far wrong! I know I've spent a lot more on bike stuff that's turned out to be useless...
Road bike taken off the trainer and hung back on the wall until spring.
Commuting & ebike bits stripped off the tourer; tourer back on Zwift; me enjoying Zwift again.
Giant washed, lubed, and generally checked over and adjusted as needed (not a lot).
I bought new tyres and tubes for the Giant, and then had to buy new mudguards as well, as the ones I had already are too thin for 38mm Marathons. That pretty much tripled the budget
I also splashed out on a dynamo powered rear light, with standlight, to join the front one.
I moved the brakes and twists inwards, and added comfy ergo grips from my Box of Hoarding; comfier saddle from the same Box; most other bits 'n' bobs I've had forever and just moved across from the tourer.
The rack won't quite mount onto the proper holes without pushing the mudguard into the tyre due to the bar running across the bottom of it.
I had to cold-set the rear dropouts as they were a bit too narrow for the motor hub.
And for some reason, although I remember just swapping my 7 speed tourer up to 8 speed on its original wheel with just a cassette change and limit-screw fiddle, that old 7 speed cassette was too narrow for the freewheel on the motor... so rather than mess with spacers or anything, I simply bunged the 8 speed back on there, and you just can't select the highest gear
Talking of which, the derailleur only needed a tiny tweak to get it working perfectly on the original gears... and then another tweak for the 8 cold-setting and 8 speed cassette. They are the best shifting twist-shift gears I've ever met! Slightly ironic as, with the motor, I'll probably leave it in one gear 99% of the time.
The battery ended up slightly lop-sided, which is annoying as I thought I did a better and more careful job of locating the rivnuts on this bike
I took off, then put back, the derailleur guard as it works to protect the wire into the motor, too.
Jobs to do:
I might cut the stays down a bit on both guards, but I'd rather run them as maximum clearance for now even though it's not so pretty.
Will probably add an extension to the front guard, too, for dry feet and more battery protection.
Swap out the QR on the seatpost when I find a suitable bolt.
Took it for a brief ride today (I had a minor op earlier this week - I'm not supposed to be riding at all!) and I'm really pleased with it, it feels smooth to ride - which it should be on 38s, with a bouncy seatpost and that saddle! - and actually nippier than the same kit on the touring bike for some reason. So I'm pretty happy with how the whole thing has come out
Budget for this project:
Bike £30
Tyres and tubes (3, one for each plus spare) £46
Mudguards £24
Grand total: £100
(Well, plus £23 for the extravagant and unnecessary rear light... but I'll save that in batteries... over the next 15 years or so
)TheBALDpuma said:
I've just ordered myself one of these for my new commute of a couple of miles, as driving that would be ridiulous.
My riding history is one of DJs and DH, and more recently I had a Stanton Slackline (sad to see they went into administration last week) for some trail riding.
This should do me well for my commute though, and I do like the simplicity of a steel single speed
Oooo cycle to work is calling. How much?My riding history is one of DJs and DH, and more recently I had a Stanton Slackline (sad to see they went into administration last week) for some trail riding.
This should do me well for my commute though, and I do like the simplicity of a steel single speed
Not much to boast about in itself, but a decent enough, comfortable enough eBay bargain 4 years ago. And here we are, nearly 3,000 miles into our journey together and I think 'Dale is looking and, more importantly, riding OK. The borrowed white wheels jar a little but they're just placekeepers until I can get some nicer wheels built for it (probably using "silver" rims and spokes). And that Claris chainset? If I had the readies that would come off too, and be replaced with something more "period" looking. Cannondale CAAD2 frame with the HeadShok fork and suspension seatpost are exactly as they were when I bought the bike. It's a bit of a lump, really, but the "bounce" under the handlebars and under the saddle means it irons out the lumps, bumps, and ripples to some extent, although it's nowhere near a magic carpet ride. I've ridden it twice this week, trying to recreate the habit of regular cycling after 4 months without cycling at all. And so far it's been nice to get back out there...
Well, it's close enough to being finished that I don't feel bad posting!
1998 Santa Cruz Chameleon
26" Mavic D521/321 on Hope hubs
Nobby Nic/Hans Dampf combo
Fox Factory 32
Hope M4 & Magura HS33s (no rear disc mount
)
1 x 10 with modern XT clutched mech
Dropper post
...I think this will be fun
1998 Santa Cruz Chameleon
26" Mavic D521/321 on Hope hubs
Nobby Nic/Hans Dampf combo
Fox Factory 32
Hope M4 & Magura HS33s (no rear disc mount
)1 x 10 with modern XT clutched mech
Dropper post
...I think this will be fun
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