I have been cycling for 3 years now and was using a Bianchi Via Nirone with full Veloce groupset.
Chain Reaction Cycles has just opened a new store under a mile away from me so on opening day i went for a visit. I was immediately drawn to the Vitus Dark Plasma, full carbon bike for £800 down from £1149
Vitus is a brand re-released by CRC in conjunction with Sean Kelly who used to ride the french manufactures frames.
The bike came as standard with Tiagra groupset, i seen this as a downgrade from the Campag Veloce which i was used to. I also fancied trying our the SRAM groupset. I went for a test ride and was impressed with the lightness of the frame and also the stiffness.
So i had a chat with the salesman, i asked if i got a SRAM groupset would they be able to fit it to the bike which he said they could, so i placed my order on the vitus dark plasma, with sram apex for £800, and £399. They had a further 10% off so i got the bike and groupset for £1079, i can then sell on the tiagra groupset which brings the bike to a price which i think is very good value.
Chain reaction were very helpful, everybody i dealt with knew their stuff and i was impressed with the service from them. They fitted the SRAM groupset free and also fitted my FSA bars from my Bianchi as I preferred them to the ones that came on the Vitus.
They were slightly poor on pick up of the bike though when they wheeled the bike out with no sign of the original bars and tiagra groupset, when i asked them where they were the guy said "well i suppose they are yours, i will get them now" Theres no suppose about it, they are mine.
I did have a nice surprise aswell when they told me they had no apex brake calipers so they upgraded me to Rival brakes.
Anyway onto the pictures:
The new store:
How it looked in the store:
As it stands today:
I love the matt black frame and the black SRAM groupset looks much nicer than the grey Tiagra it came with originally.
Future plans are to fit my carbon wheels which i got from Carbonzone, that will save me 300g on the already nice Pro-Lite wheels which came on the Vitus
Thanks for looking
Chain Reaction Cycles has just opened a new store under a mile away from me so on opening day i went for a visit. I was immediately drawn to the Vitus Dark Plasma, full carbon bike for £800 down from £1149
Vitus is a brand re-released by CRC in conjunction with Sean Kelly who used to ride the french manufactures frames.
The bike came as standard with Tiagra groupset, i seen this as a downgrade from the Campag Veloce which i was used to. I also fancied trying our the SRAM groupset. I went for a test ride and was impressed with the lightness of the frame and also the stiffness.
So i had a chat with the salesman, i asked if i got a SRAM groupset would they be able to fit it to the bike which he said they could, so i placed my order on the vitus dark plasma, with sram apex for £800, and £399. They had a further 10% off so i got the bike and groupset for £1079, i can then sell on the tiagra groupset which brings the bike to a price which i think is very good value.
Chain reaction were very helpful, everybody i dealt with knew their stuff and i was impressed with the service from them. They fitted the SRAM groupset free and also fitted my FSA bars from my Bianchi as I preferred them to the ones that came on the Vitus.
They were slightly poor on pick up of the bike though when they wheeled the bike out with no sign of the original bars and tiagra groupset, when i asked them where they were the guy said "well i suppose they are yours, i will get them now" Theres no suppose about it, they are mine.
I did have a nice surprise aswell when they told me they had no apex brake calipers so they upgraded me to Rival brakes.
Anyway onto the pictures:
The new store:
How it looked in the store:
As it stands today:
I love the matt black frame and the black SRAM groupset looks much nicer than the grey Tiagra it came with originally.
Future plans are to fit my carbon wheels which i got from Carbonzone, that will save me 300g on the already nice Pro-Lite wheels which came on the Vitus
Thanks for looking
