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Forum: Classic & Vintage

11-28-22, 04:09 AM

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Vitus Carbone9 bike with missing seat post

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Posted By Chombi1

The allen head bolt on the 84 Peugeots had a...

The allen head bolt on the 84 Peugeots had a pointy nose to it that dug into the machined groove on the seatpost.it will only look bad if you have to raise your saddle as you will see the divot.I...

Forum: Classic & Vintage

11-28-22, 04:02 AM

Replies: 27

Vitus Carbone9 bike with missing seat post

Views: 2,049

Posted By Chombi1

The thread is coarse metric. Don't know the size...

The thread is coarse metric. Don't know the size though....

Forum: Classic & Vintage

11-26-22, 04:08 PM

Replies: 27

Vitus Carbone9 bike with missing seat post

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Posted By Chombi1

Just remember, the pivoting bearing needs to have...

Just remember, the pivoting bearing needs to have a small area of the bearing machined flat.That flat area on the bearing is what interfaces with the flat vertical strip machine on the back side of...

Forum: Classic & Vintage

11-22-22, 12:01 PM

Replies: 27

Vitus Carbone9 bike with missing seat post

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Posted By Chombi1

Here's a link to a business that sold spare parts...

Here's a link to a business that sold spare parts for classic Vitus frames. IIRC, they are from Canada.https://guywires.com/salestuff/vitusparts.htm
Last I heard about them is they scaled down (Or...

Forum: Classic & Vintage

11-22-22, 10:26 AM

Replies: 27

Vitus Carbone9 bike with missing seat post

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Posted By Chombi1

Unfortunately those special grub screws do not...

Unfortunately those special grub screws do not come up that often for sale.I replaced the one on my Carbone Plus 7 some years ago with an NOS one for sale at ebay as the original's allen...

Forum: Classic & Vintage

11-21-22, 01:39 PM

Replies: 27

Vitus Carbone9 bike with missing seat post

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Posted By Chombi1

The important thing is to retain the proprietary...

The important thing is to retain the proprietary seatpost anchoring grub bolt that has a special pivoting nose bearing so it minimizes damage to the seatpost it is anchoring onto the seat lug. The...

Forum: Classic & Vintage

11-20-22, 06:26 PM

Replies: 27

Vitus Carbone9 bike with missing seat post

Views: 2,049

Posted By Chombi1

The original seatposts used on Vitus Carbone bike...

The original seatposts used on Vitus Carbone bike was made by Rubis with a 23mm diameter.what was also unique about the supplied (On the Carbones and oater 979s) Rubis seatpost was, it was machined...

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