Originally Posted by
Fred Smedley
" it was the first frame to use variable-thickness carbon tubes."
Perhaps for a lugged carbon frame, the Kestral above you was already there in 1989. I can't argue about "classic lines" , but some would argue that a monocoque frame can should ride better do to a inherent engineering advantage of not having he carbon interrupted.
Not true at all. There's a certain amount of snap in those Look carbon frames that I really like. Almost steel like off the saddle (a little noodle soft too, but I like it like that). My trek OCLV of the same era rode like a stiff dead rock. No snapping feel to it.