Road Cycling - LOOK 386i - anyone have experiene with?

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nox tuboid
05-03-04, 01:36 PM
Hello, I've been doing some resaerch on Carbon frames, and the LOOK products have caught my eye. Does anyone have experience with or know anything about the various LOOK frames?

Thanks in advance for you rreplies.

p3ntuprage
05-04-04, 12:21 PM
watch out if it's got a 25.0mm seatpost. you'll have dificulty finding one [but they are out there]

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sparky
look 361
05-04-04, 12:36 PM
watch out if it's got a 25.0mm seatpost. you'll have dificulty finding one [but they are out there]

fssb
sparky

uprage is right... i was lucky enough to find an aero shimano dura ace 25mm one on ebay...

else... the only well advertised 25mm ones are thomson(hard to find) and american classic i think...

or you could just get the LOOK ergopost...

geist
05-04-04, 03:06 PM
You can also get a USE Alien in 25mm. Hey look361, what do you think of the Look frames?
look 361
05-04-04, 03:32 PM
You can also get a USE Alien in 25mm. Hey look361, what do you think of the Look frames?

oh yes.. i forgot USE... i almost cave in to get the superlight USE aluminum seatpost before i found my much cheaper shimano...

i havent had the time to do too many miles on it yet but i like it so far... comfortable.. i havent had much experience with a lot of frame materials but this frame seems to handle rough roads prettty well... (my towns got a lot of annoying train tracks...)

the skinny 361 is actually one of the heavier frames in look's lineup i think... but still very light.. 1490g... hence the RELATIVELY low cost i guess...

i just fell in love with the look bikes when i started lookin for a bike... thought about the litespeeds and felts... but...

cant wait to see the LOOK 586... or whatever their new superbike is....
jeremyb
05-04-04, 04:27 PM
Hello, I've been doing some resaerch on Carbon frames, and the LOOK products have caught my eye. Does anyone have experience with or know anything about the various LOOK frames?

Thanks in advance for you rreplies.


Yeah i got the '03 KG381i Team frame with Record and absolutely love it. Everytime i get off my bike, i praise it and congratulate myself on choosing Look. Its awesome. I went with USE Alien for the seatpost, the 25.0 mm seatpost looks cool to me (its so thin).

hope that helps
jeremyb
Fugazi Dave
05-04-04, 09:21 PM
The Corima bladed post comes with spacers for 25mm. And it just looks cool as hell. You can pick them up often times for $60 or less on eBay.