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Vitus Energie - which frame is this? Hi everyone,

I chanced upon the Vitus Energie bike and very much like it as a one-bike solution for both road and occasional gravel use. Does anyone know which frame this is? Attached are a photo and link. Thanks!



https://vitusbikes.com/collections/road-cyclocross-energie-evo/products/vitus-energie-evo-crs-cyclocross-bike-force
August 15, 2021, 09:37:08 AM 		1
Re: TopCarbon TCGF066 gravel frame It's interesting that Lexon claims the use of Swedish Textreme https://www.textreme.com/ to reinforce the frame. If that's truly the case, it might be worth the small premium over other builders like Velobuild. I'd be quite keen on this frame if that were truly so!

However their blatant rip-off of Scott's marketing, down to 'Lexon's patented aero tubing' even with a big square downtube, leaves a really bad taste.
November 24, 2021, 08:50:37 PM 		1
Re: Any experience with Twitter frames?
Quote from: Zdrenka89 on November 23, 2021, 08:17:37 AM
Interesting frame. This is the most road like geometry i've seen with 45mm tire clearance. Trails is short at 53mm so its gonna be fairly lively for a gravelbike. Won't work that well on the very technical stuff but it'll probably feel quite nice on the longer stretches of plain gravel.

Cables are quite funny... External cables for rear brake and derailleurs but front brake has to go through the headset! Look closely at the pictures...
I'd say you have to go fully internal and live with the cable ports on the downtube.





:o those are good catches, thanks Zdrenka89! The geo was already a bit of a put-off, now that you mention the cable routing I'm even more wary of this frame. Sounds like I'll need some kind of proprietary headset to run this.. maybe if I close my eyes and imagine I'm riding an Aspero, that won't be so bad, haha!  ;D 
November 24, 2021, 08:54:41 PM 		1
Re: Spcycle New Mold G056 Carbon Gravel Frame
Quote from: Confused on July 01, 2022, 08:30:56 AM
Adding an option for external cabling (going in the down tube instead of through stem) would make other handlebars useful.

Would strongly agree with having an option for external cable routing. Even just having the simple plate cover /Di2 port / cable port option present on other frames would be a big benefit for me. I've personally turned down many frames due to being forced to go full internal.

I mean, how hard can it be? Just cut a few holes, mount a few cable ports, and you've suddenly greatly increased your market size :) eg. the Carbonda CFR 1056 offers the option to route internal/external, and the last I've heard, everyone's happy with how their cables are run.
August 15, 2022, 09:59:23 AM 		2