Author Topic: RARE Peugeot Vitus race bmx ? (Read 1702 times)

eamonn · « **on:** April 07, 2009, 07:08 PM »

Had a chat with a guy today said this was a rare peugeot Vitus made from Duralium Alloy with needle bearing headset
and they went for about £700 bitd

whats it worth now? has anyone seen one of these?

QUADROPHENIA · « **Reply #1 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:42 PM »

seen a few over the last 5 yrs, retrogeezer has a very interesting one

double chevron · « **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:51 PM »

Very ahead of it's time on the tubing assembly (glued like some kind of space craft technology

), I can't remember if they were marketed as Peugeot in France, think this was an UK thing only
I know a few of them in collectors hands nowadays, a F+F fetched like £150 a few weeks ago on french ebay

stidds · « **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2009, 09:44 PM »

Had one of those for a few months bitd, nice bike and another I have to replicate one day.

retrogeezer · « **Reply #4 on:** April 07, 2009, 10:12 PM »

Quote from: QUADROPHENIA on April 07, 2009, 07:42 PM

seen a few over the last 5 yrs, retrogeezer has a very interesting one

and a nice vitus...

series.1.rs.turbo · « **Reply #5 on:** April 07, 2009, 10:20 PM »

sexy

nosepickben · « **Reply #6 on:** April 07, 2009, 10:30 PM »

Yeah i raced one in 1987, i jumped off a trick ramp at alvaston and the down tube came "unglued" at the headtube end, the toptube bent too. I somehow got a replacement under warranty/guarantee, not sure how, my dad sorted it out! The new frame lasted about 3 weeks before the same happened on a set of doubles at lochaber during gate practice. I borrowed a bike to race that day off andrea haltham, same bloody frame! I was rather tentative on it as you'd imagine.
Don't remember 'em costing £700 tho.... nearer to half that.
The ones i saw were about 50/50 branded peugeot or just plain old "vitus". The red-tubed ones looked really good. Not seen one since the 80's.