Lot Nr. 55


MOTOBECANE / Vitus


DATE: 1980
COUNTRY: FRANCE
WEIGHT: 8,4 KG / 18,48 LB
FRAME HEIGHT: 56 CM / 22,0 INCH
GEARS: 2 x 7, Shimano Dura Ace
CONDITION: 1 - 2
- Vitus traded its frames through other brands
- this classic French Vitus aluminium frame carrying the Motobecane label
- Robert Alban won the third place in the 1981 Tour de France on a Vitus Mark III frame
- an almost seamless transition between lugs and frame tubes is a detail on Vitus frames
- the steering tube is actually a single large lug
- hardly any other aluminium frame was so seductively delicate
- this badged Vitus was probably the last brave attempt of Motobecane to move the failing brand back upmarket
- whether branded Vitus or Motobecane, a true collectors item

THIS BIKE APPEARS IN
- Cyclepedia - Application

NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINESSELECTION
- Der Standard Rondo Jul. 04

Condition report
Paintwork and general information:
very good condition, hardly any scratches

Gears:
clean, very good condition

Tubes /Tyres:
good condition

Saddle:
leather saddle

Frame:
very good condition

© Embacher-Collection, Photo: Bernhard Angerer

19.05.2015 - 18:00

Erzielter Preis: **
EUR 1.375,-
Rufpreis:
EUR 600,-

MOTOBECANE / Vitus


DATE: 1980
COUNTRY: FRANCE
WEIGHT: 8,4 KG / 18,48 LB
FRAME HEIGHT: 56 CM / 22,0 INCH
GEARS: 2 x 7, Shimano Dura Ace
CONDITION: 1 - 2
- Vitus traded its frames through other brands
- this classic French Vitus aluminium frame carrying the Motobecane label
- Robert Alban won the third place in the 1981 Tour de France on a Vitus Mark III frame
- an almost seamless transition between lugs and frame tubes is a detail on Vitus frames
- the steering tube is actually a single large lug
- hardly any other aluminium frame was so seductively delicate
- this badged Vitus was probably the last brave attempt of Motobecane to move the failing brand back upmarket
- whether branded Vitus or Motobecane, a true collectors item

THIS BIKE APPEARS IN
- Cyclepedia - Application

NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINESSELECTION
- Der Standard Rondo Jul. 04

Condition report
Paintwork and general information:
very good condition, hardly any scratches

Gears:
clean, very good condition

Tubes /Tyres:
good condition

Saddle:
leather saddle

Frame:
very good condition

© Embacher-Collection, Photo: Bernhard Angerer


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Auktion: Bicycles from the embacher-collection
Auktionstyp: Saalauktion
Datum: 19.05.2015 - 18:00
Auktionsort: Wien | Palais Dorotheum
Besichtigung: 09.05. - 19.05.2015


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