Vitus Vitesse EVO Carbon Rim Brake Frameset - £500 Wiggle

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  • bobones
    bobones Posts: 1,215
    £389 now, but quickly sold out the remaining M an L sizes.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,069
    Holdsworth Corsa frameset 339 at px with the code.
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  • rwoofer
    rwoofer Posts: 222
    After the positive comments from my daughter, I bought myself an XXL frame at £500, built it up and have now had a couple of rides. It is a surprisingly good frame and stunning for the price, especially the new price. Feels rock solid the whole time and is a great reminder of how good, good rim brake bikes feel. The XXL frame came in at 1138g and the whole bike is at 7.5kg, with mostly Ultegra components.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,835
    rwoofer said:

    After the positive comments from my daughter, I bought myself an XXL frame at £500, built it up and have now had a couple of rides. It is a surprisingly good frame and stunning for the price, especially the new price. Feels rock solid the whole time and is a great reminder of how good, good rim brake bikes feel. The XXL frame came in at 1138g and the whole bike is at 7.5kg, with mostly Ultegra components.

    Pics?

  • rwoofer
    rwoofer Posts: 222
    Here we are. Really impressed now I've done a few rides.

  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,835
    Looks great. Refreshing to see something without the identikit dropped seat stays etc. More like a Supersix from a few years ago or something like that.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,835
    Also, as a fellow lanky b'stard it's always great to see bikes that look good in larger sizes - some just don't seem to work.
  • rwoofer
    rwoofer Posts: 222
    Yes, agreed. Would obviously love to have less spacers under the stem, but thought that the next size up (XXXL) might start to look a bit strange (often the very largest size always does).
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,835
    Do you happen to know what saddle height you run? Centre of BB to top of saddle.

    Also, any idea of the width of your rims and how's the clearance into the frame?
  • rwoofer
    rwoofer Posts: 222
    Saddle height is 84cm. Rims are 19mm internal with 25mm tyres - plenty of space. I did put some 28mm tyres on 19mm internal rims and was surprised that they just fitted. My daughters smaller frame has tighter clearances that this frame for some reason.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,835
    rwoofer said:

    Saddle height is 84cm. Rims are 19mm internal with 25mm tyres - plenty of space. I did put some 28mm tyres on 19mm internal rims and was surprised that they just fitted. My daughters smaller frame has tighter clearances that this frame for some reason.

    Cheers. I absolutely definitely do not need another bike but this sorely tempting!

  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    mrb123 said:

    rwoofer said:

    Saddle height is 84cm. Rims are 19mm internal with 25mm tyres - plenty of space. I did put some 28mm tyres on 19mm internal rims and was surprised that they just fitted. My daughters smaller frame has tighter clearances that this frame for some reason.

    Cheers. I absolutely definitely do not need another bike but this sorely tempting!

    oh just buy it.

    on today of all days you know you should just be buying it.
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,835
    MattFalle said:

    mrb123 said:

    rwoofer said:

    Saddle height is 84cm. Rims are 19mm internal with 25mm tyres - plenty of space. I did put some 28mm tyres on 19mm internal rims and was surprised that they just fitted. My daughters smaller frame has tighter clearances that this frame for some reason.

    Cheers. I absolutely definitely do not need another bike but this sorely tempting!

    oh just buy it.

    on today of all days you know you should just be buying it.
    Could you send an MF to explain things to Mrs B?

  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    edited September 2022
    mrb123 said:

    MattFalle said:

    mrb123 said:

    rwoofer said:

    Saddle height is 84cm. Rims are 19mm internal with 25mm tyres - plenty of space. I did put some 28mm tyres on 19mm internal rims and was surprised that they just fitted. My daughters smaller frame has tighter clearances that this frame for some reason.

    Cheers. I absolutely definitely do not need another bike but this sorely tempting!

    oh just buy it.

    on today of all days you know you should just be buying it.
    Could you send an MF to explain things to Mrs B?

    On his way. You'll have a new frameset before you finish brekkie.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • rwoofer
    rwoofer Posts: 222
    I was the same, didn't need the bike, but given the dearth of rim brake framesets thought now or never. Fortunately Mrs W only remembers the colour of my bikes and I now have two black ones :)

    Precariously, I also seem to have acquired another grey bike this summer, so I hope she doesn't venture into the bike shed, cause the extra two bikes is definitely noticeable.

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