Love this type of videos! Just an interesting bike with a quality repair and maintenance tips along the way. None of the edgy marketing BS or any other modern vs old bicycles drama crap. I do not like videos very often, but I will like this one and click the bell icon just for this video :)
I agree. I worked on a neighbors Colnago the other day, just giving it a minor tuneup and cleaning the drivetain. It is such a pleasure to work on a quality bike. I surprised him by applying a coat of ceramic wax to the frame. Told me that the bike never looked so good. After I was done with the drivetrain, it was immaculate. I take great pride in my work and pay attention to details. Great going , Mapdec! More videos like this.
It's wonderful to watch a passionate and skilled mechanic at work. And just gotta love Look and the engineering mentality and creativity of the French. Most enjoyable. Thank you.
I’ve owned a Madone 9.9 Project 1 since the start. I ordered the frameset straight after the 2015 TdeF and received it in October for an all winter build. In the Alps in 2016 and I thought the brakes were shocking. Actually had to descend slower for self protection - that went against the grain.! On my return it went to the LBS as they said the brakes should be decent. First ride after and I nearly went over the bars..! And that’s on carbon rims (with Swisstop pads). They set the brakes up with almost zero toe in as they knew the brakes were so rigid. So job done - the Bontrager rim brakes are awesome piece of engineering and perform really well. Great review of the Look and that chainset and BB is the absolutely the pinnacle.
This bike is beautiful. At first glance of stem/headset setting, it screams "Aero" more than anything else. I'm surprised that other manufacturers didn't imitate the design.
Great Vid, the f10 is just a fantastic rim brake bike from 2017 and leaves me with no envy of any disc brake bike of today, just get the pad and wheel combo correct ! There is a reason it was so successful in the peloton! The Look is unmatched for pure character and uniqueness though
That's a beautiful, over-engineered, overly-proprietary bike. Once you own it -- and what a lucky person you are if you do -- you're not going to be doing any significant modifications. Aside from these cabling upgrades, you're pretty much stuck with it as is. The best part of pre- integrated cabling bikes is how super easy it is to do component swaps. As for the conclusion, if a very experienced rider notes that the brakes "just don't stop," it's hard to call it the pinnacle of rim brake bicycles, isn't it?
I just bought a NOS 2017 795 Light with standard rim brakes and Corima tubulars for the same price as an entry level Canyon. It definitely just goes! Every watt into the pedals ends up as forward momentum. I think the standard dual pivot brakes fixes the lack of braking power. Thanks for highlighting such a great bike!
This was amazing. The crank is a marvel. The rim brake issue is likely the wheel surface so let’s move on to what a magnificent beast this is. More? Oh 🙌🏻
They were probably in the bar laughing at the Trek mechanics. This is a lot easier than a Madone or even a Venge. There are some weird parts, but the actual faff factor is ok.
Madone was for sure the pinnacle. The rim bike Madone came out in 2016 and it's still the second most aero bike ever tested by tour magazine. Look 795 is in the teens for ranking on aero tests. Granted, aero isn't everything but the Madone was a real game changer and lead to huge changes by all of the other bike manufacturers.
Yes Mapdec, this was a very interesting and informative workshop video. It is a crying shame that the powers that be have had to put rim braked bikes on the shelf for the time being so to speak but Look seemed to have designed out (or designed in ) so many features into creating a quality product. It would be interesting to take this project one step further to see if the braking issues could be enhanced with different brake pad materials. I am still a rim brake user on my best road bikes and I actually like the "Classic " appearance of them. This model from Look could well be worth buying if a good example came up on the used market at the right price, especially if it can be ridden as an all day bike in the Dales, Cumbria and Lancashire. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and solutions to how this bike can be maintained and more so about it's superb construction within. 👍
Great bike, great engineering and great video! Look were thinking outside the box at this time. The design of the crankset is really smart with it's one piece design and variable length. Sadly Look went away from this, which seems understandable, considering the costs of producing such a part. So this bike is really special and unique. Good to see you taking care of this lovely machine.
Thank you. I do wonder when disc brake bikes start to need more creativity, rather than just updating to meet current trends in mounts, tyre width etc.
Thanks a lot for sharing all you do in such detail Takes me back to the scuffle I had building a red Madone with the brake flaps in '16. Awesome bike but nevertheless invented some new swearwords that day
Lovely video! I have the predecessor - 695 Aerolight, which is pretty much the same, except the top tube doesn't extend to the top of the stem. I prefer the aesthetics of mine. I really appreciate the detail in which you set out the dissassembly of headset and BB. They are pretty tricky to service, albeit not impossible. I find that my brakes (identical to the 795) actually work really well. I use them with the original Mavic SLE wheels, which have the exalith braking surface, and which stop perfectly (albeit they do squeal). All in all, it's still a stunning bike and far faster than I'll ever be. The only thing I've upgraded is to eTap 11.
Gran trabajo, no hace mucho vi un dream build de una igual pero con frenos de llanta normales, estos son parecidos a los de la Ridley Noa (TRP) me quede sorprendido del sistema de dirección tan sofisticado, y muy complicado para meter los cables. Con respecto al pedalier un trabajo de artesano para las bielas, también en un capitulo de Hambini vi hacer un soporte para convertirlo en un bb86 para shimano o algo así. en una pieza de aluminio CNC. Os sigo mediante el traductor de google, pero perfectamente entendible. Me encantan vuestros trabajos y videos.
The Venge Vias rim was the Specialized aero market entry from the same time period. With strangely mounted road v-brakes you could tell they were paying attention to aerodynamics. Trek Madone was also on point regarding that. Look was still using form-follows-function to make design pleasing to the eye. By no means did they skip on engineering. All of these would be difficult to work on but that aside the 795 would be my preference if I owned one.
Doesn’t really hold a candle to the venge, 795 or Madone of the time. The SiSL cranks were good, and the continuous fibre wind was clever but it wasn’t really pushing tech.
Very cool rim brakes design, like the old Madone before they switched to disc -- that had proprietary rim brake calipers behind the fork, which every Trek employee I know says are fiddly to set up. Looks cool, but I'm glad I don't have to service it.
I don't know if it is the best ever rim brake bike, but it is definitely one of the best looking. Only weird thing is that pin on the steering tube. Not the place I would choose to put a hole.
Have had the 595, 695 and 795, IMO the 595 has the best ride feel and is the one I still have..... progress in aero and stiffness but not ride quality and enjoyment.
I'm not a specialized fanboy but the S-Works Tarmac SL6 rim was the pinnacle of rim brake bakes for me. It felt even better than the 795 Aerolite and actually quite similar to a SuperSix Hi-Mod Gen 2. SL6 was light, stiff, comfy, direct mount brakes, easy to mantain and easy to travel with. Except for a D-shaped seatpost nothing was proprietary and gimmicky. A tribute to functional engineering.
Thanks. I would just stick with Quarg unless you have a compelling reason not to. Pedal systems have durability issues offset by convenience. Other crank systems might offer better axle comparability, but they are more limited in chainring options. The Quarq customer service is very good and convenient almost worldwide.
Great video and thanks for taking us through the whole overhaul. Though I don't think I've ever come across a bike with v-brakes that had a difficult time stopping. The OCD in me wants to figure that out. Is it the rims? Pads? Cables? Seems impossible not to get it to work right. I wonder if you could splice the LEX cabling through the head tube but use jagwire couplers to have stiffer housing just before and after? Anyhow, great work! It's a rare mechanic who enjoys tackling such a proprietary design as this.
I liked a lot this video, especially the testing part. One thing for me, rim brake is a lot dependent on pads and braking surface quality. I use Fulcrum pads on my Fulcrimum wid 40 and zipp 303. Stopping is great. I overtolk on brakes last week descending in the Alpes (overtaking a lot of disc brakes users).
Great video and thanks for talking about the adjustability of the stem. But you missed out the seat post elastomer: can you do a "short" on that as it might explain why your rider found it so comfortable.
From my professional industrial Designers and engineer's point of view this is a triple A bikeporn wet dream. Stunning Shape copied by Keim cycles wooden bike later. Seems like the engineers had carte blanche to rework every detail and overcome every standard, R&D ripped the CFO and they overruled everything with the need for stiffness and aero. I surely took a long hassle with the production line manager to have his 10 specialists craftsman busy building two bikes per week. Was it worth it? I think yes, we need companies that take engineering to the limit. Take a sneak at the multipage manual for the front brakes, 1Nm tools required please, OMG. But... It predicted the nightmares you got at todays bicycles with hidden cables, special tools and sold out unique spare parts like forks. I'd like to run this paired with a Mavic exalith structured Rimbrake surface, screeching beautifully like a falcon.
Cool video as usual. I was just left wondering if/how the braking could be improved, quite a shame such a superbike (fully agree with the koenigsegg comparison) is let down by its braking performance..
Great video, lovely bike but you would have to think peak engineered rim brake would include the ability to stop… Best rim brakes were post mount dura ace, nothing came close.
So that's where my daughter's BMX crank went I can't be top of the food chain if the brakes are crap, no wonder owner wanted compressionless housing. Bit like my Boardman Air TT bike but who needs brakes doing a TT, on a road bike brakes need to be good.
Nice bike, really, only I would search for rim whit Al or steel surface. Carbon surfaces are not really suited as brake surface. But for the rest really nice bike.
I had the the 675 with similar a-stem tech. Not as advanced, but had std rim brakes. My brother had this bike and I was able to ride several times. And agree these brakes suck. But the bike was absolutely awesome. If the brakes had worked then yes it would have been best. The biggest thing is not everyone liked the A-stem LOOK. Pun intended. Lol
@@Mapdec yes the body takes the campag shimano and sram cassettes but also their own monoblocks, which was convenient. they had a complete groupset that looked very well made. from photo's ive seen :D it's still around it seems, thought they went bankrupt ...
People whinging about disc brakes being unnecessary remind me of the mountain bikers claiming 26 ain't dead. 26 is dead, rim brakes will be too. Yes, they'll still be available, but it doesn't mean we'll be getting them on the premium bikes that manufacturers are pushing.
I agreed Look 795 Aerolite is the last breed of rim brake bike that well made, well thought design ( overly design in my opinion) and well engineered. Check on RUclips channel Link Bicycle Studio on their Look 795 Aerolite dream build. You will see Look 795 marvelous design. Complicated yet amazing 😅
The best bike ever featured, i'd rather go to work on my hands and knees than ride these disc brake aero extra spoke tractor tyres ting ting heavy "bikes" that will go wrong in 3 weeks 😂
that must be the most labour intensive bike made and it's not even got disc brakes to add to the complication. That low mount rear brake would put me off. can never see how anyone thought that was a good idea. direct mount rim brakes with Swiss Stop pads prob as good as rim brakes got.
If this test rider says the brakes are no good, he is wrong! I have an Aerolight and whilst I would admit the unconventional set up is quite "finicky" with little room for adjustment (a pain in the backside actually compared to normal rim brakes, but not as bad as hydraulic disc), once you set up the brakes properly with the correct rim/pad combination the bike stops every bit as well as any other modern counterpart be it the inferior road disc system or quality conventional rim brake set up.
Weird. Disc brakes are just 2 bolts to align. No cable tension, balance screws, pad alignment etc to worry about. I think we did a follow up short on upgraded rims that gave better results
@@Mapdec yeah not weird when you know what you're doing, probably not as bad as faffing about on disc brake systems though. I'd like to hear an honest opinion first hand from any bike mechanic that says they'd rather work on hydraulic road disc - but don't believe them unless they say they would charge the same as working on rim brakes!
@@markcarlton come visit us and see for yourself. Check the website. Read the reviews from our customers. You can even come on a training course with us and I can show you how to set your brakes up if you like. We don’t really think of it terms of easier or harder. Just different. We fix what is in front of us. These days we probably have the disc tools out in permanent use and we are all very fast and efficient with it. In contrast we probably only work on a rim brake maybe once a day now. Times are changing fast.
@@Mapdec I can certainly tell your enthusiasm for the bike and I completely respect the engineering that has gone into that bike but I just couldn’t live with it
Pretty amazing but for the crankset gimmick. First the multiple length options introduce more weakness and variables. Two, I have yet to see a high stress carbon part that can last more than 7000-12000 Kms? Carbon hubs? Good luck. Specifically carbon crank will react to 15 c differently than at 30C. Even the best carbon shoes last a finite fatigue life. Shimano dura ace ulterior cranksets, max 20,000 kms with one ring swap half way, for 78-85kg riders. But the rest looks very good and hopefully reliable.
V-brakes front, U-brake rear, hinged stem, single piece crank - that's a 90's BMX!
Let’s get some pads and pegs on it 🤟
Expensive con for mugs .. what pleasure is there cycling roads ..
Can it be the peak of the brakes don’t stop it?
Love the video. Have an Aerolight 695 and there isn’t much help out there. Thanks so much guys.
What a machine! Such fantastic engineering.... even if it isn't the easiest thing to work on. Love this type of rare bike service video 👍
Thank you.
Can't believe I'm only finding your channel now. Most informative and honest bike videos on RUclips today
Welcome aboard!
Love this type of videos! Just an interesting bike with a quality repair and maintenance tips along the way. None of the edgy marketing BS or any other modern vs old bicycles drama crap. I do not like videos very often, but I will like this one and click the bell icon just for this video :)
Glad you enjoyed it! It’s ok to hit like, nothing bad happens. Thank you.
I agree. I worked on a neighbors Colnago the other day, just giving it a minor tuneup and cleaning the drivetain. It is such a pleasure to work on a quality bike. I surprised him by applying a coat of ceramic wax to the frame. Told me that the bike never looked so good. After I was done with the drivetrain, it was immaculate. I take great pride in my work and pay attention to details. Great going , Mapdec! More videos like this.
It's wonderful to watch a passionate and skilled mechanic at work. And just gotta love Look and the engineering mentality and creativity of the French. Most enjoyable. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve owned a Madone 9.9 Project 1 since the start. I ordered the frameset straight after the 2015 TdeF and received it in October for an all winter build. In the Alps in 2016 and I thought the brakes were shocking. Actually had to descend slower for self protection - that went against the grain.! On my return it went to the LBS as they said the brakes should be decent. First ride after and I nearly went over the bars..! And that’s on carbon rims (with Swisstop pads). They set the brakes up with almost zero toe in as they knew the brakes were so rigid. So job done - the Bontrager rim brakes are awesome piece of engineering and perform really well. Great review of the Look and that chainset and BB is the absolutely the pinnacle.
what an absolute beautiful piece of engineering. with modern components this could become a monster again i think
More of this please! It is so cool to just see the exacting standards and your appreciation of the machinery.
This bike is beautiful.
At first glance of stem/headset setting, it screams "Aero" more than anything else. I'm surprised that other manufacturers didn't imitate the design.
What a nice change: bike overengineering with genuine function and performance. Look really are exceptional. Cheers for the service video.
Our pleasure!
No one else providing this level of detail, superb work!
Many thanks!
Thoroughly enjoyed this one, very different from what all the channels are doing - reviewing the latest and greatest bikes.
Glad you enjoyed it! We like to mix things up.
this is my favorite type of bike content, very high quality great video !!
Great Vid, the f10 is just a fantastic rim brake bike from 2017 and leaves me with no envy of any disc brake bike of today, just get the pad and wheel combo correct ! There is a reason it was so successful in the peloton! The Look is unmatched for pure character and uniqueness though
That's a beautiful, over-engineered, overly-proprietary bike. Once you own it -- and what a lucky person you are if you do -- you're not going to be doing any significant modifications. Aside from these cabling upgrades, you're pretty much stuck with it as is. The best part of pre- integrated cabling bikes is how super easy it is to do component swaps.
As for the conclusion, if a very experienced rider notes that the brakes "just don't stop," it's hard to call it the pinnacle of rim brake bicycles, isn't it?
Lol. That’s a fair point.
They did make a "light" version which had standard mounted brakes.
@@DaveCM Didn't know that. That's the one I'd have picked.
@@rangersmith4652 That was the one I wanted but could never work up the courage to spend the money.
Yup, you can do more vids like this! That crazy head tube height and how the top tube slopes up to it. WOW
I just bought a NOS 2017 795 Light with standard rim brakes and Corima tubulars for the same price as an entry level Canyon. It definitely just goes! Every watt into the pedals ends up as forward momentum. I think the standard dual pivot brakes fixes the lack of braking power. Thanks for highlighting such a great bike!
So glad you enjoyed it.
This was amazing. The crank is a marvel. The rim brake issue is likely the wheel surface so let’s move on to what a magnificent beast this is. More? Oh 🙌🏻
He's a good con artist .. sucking money out of the insecure..
I'm the happy owner of a LOOK 695 bike with Mavic Exalith brakes, worth a try much more efficient!
Great video! Thanks for sharing it with us! I feel sorry for the team mechanics who had to service a team of these overnight during the tour!
They were probably in the bar laughing at the Trek mechanics. This is a lot easier than a Madone or even a Venge. There are some weird parts, but the actual faff factor is ok.
Thanks for showing amazing quality from Look.. very interesting dude 😃🤣🚴🏻🥇 Pete
Glad you enjoyed it
Madone was for sure the pinnacle. The rim bike Madone came out in 2016 and it's still the second most aero bike ever tested by tour magazine. Look 795 is in the teens for ranking on aero tests. Granted, aero isn't everything but the Madone was a real game changer and lead to huge changes by all of the other bike manufacturers.
Yes Mapdec, this was a very interesting and informative workshop video. It is a crying shame that the powers that be have had to put rim braked bikes on the shelf for the time being so to speak but Look seemed to have designed out (or designed in ) so many features into creating a quality product.
It would be interesting to take this project one step further to see if the braking issues could be enhanced with different brake pad materials.
I am still a rim brake user on my best road bikes and I actually like the "Classic " appearance of them.
This model from Look could well be worth buying if a good example came up on the used market at the right price, especially if it can be ridden as an all day bike in the Dales, Cumbria and Lancashire.
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and solutions to how this bike can be maintained and more so about it's superb construction within.
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Great video, more of this would be great!
More Jake, smiles for miles in the wild!! 😃
Wow thanks for sharing. Videos like this make stick with lower tier, semi internally routed bikes with standard parts that I can easily work on 😄
I'm the same. Though I strangely enjoyed watching someone else deal with the mess.
Excellent mechanic, very smart, careful and skillful person
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Great bike, great engineering and great video! Look were thinking outside the box at this time. The design of the crankset is really smart with it's one piece design and variable length. Sadly Look went away from this, which seems understandable, considering the costs of producing such a part. So this bike is really special and unique. Good to see you taking care of this lovely machine.
Thank you. I do wonder when disc brake bikes start to need more creativity, rather than just updating to meet current trends in mounts, tyre width etc.
Sold my SL7 for a rim 785 RS, loving the change.
Thanks a lot for sharing all you do in such detail
Takes me back to the scuffle I had building a red Madone with the brake flaps in '16. Awesome bike but nevertheless invented some new swearwords that day
Super nerdy video. And I can’t stop watching it.
Far more intelligent desing of aero cable integration than anti-design of cable within steerer tube of today.
Lovely video! I have the predecessor - 695 Aerolight, which is pretty much the same, except the top tube doesn't extend to the top of the stem. I prefer the aesthetics of mine.
I really appreciate the detail in which you set out the dissassembly of headset and BB. They are pretty tricky to service, albeit not impossible.
I find that my brakes (identical to the 795) actually work really well. I use them with the original Mavic SLE wheels, which have the exalith braking surface, and which stop perfectly (albeit they do squeal).
All in all, it's still a stunning bike and far faster than I'll ever be.
The only thing I've upgraded is to eTap 11.
Thank you.
Those chainrings are beautiful.
Awesome 😮 looking bike 🚲😎
The introduction of Reynolds 853 was the pinnacle. You'd be hard pressed to say that anything after that was an improvement.
That’s a bit like saying the VW golf was the peak of combustion engine vehicles
@@Mapdec The VW Golf is one of Mark Zuckerberg's favourites. Wealth has the habit of being understated.
“Wealth has the habit of being understated “. That’s funny.
Gran trabajo, no hace mucho vi un dream build de una igual pero con frenos de llanta normales, estos son parecidos a los de la Ridley Noa (TRP) me quede sorprendido del sistema de dirección tan sofisticado, y muy complicado para meter los cables. Con respecto al pedalier un trabajo de artesano para las bielas, también en un capitulo de Hambini vi hacer un soporte para convertirlo en un bb86 para shimano o algo así. en una pieza de aluminio CNC. Os sigo mediante el traductor de google, pero perfectamente entendible. Me encantan vuestros trabajos y videos.
Thank you
Love this video, keep them coming 👍
Thanks! Will do!
The Venge Vias rim was the Specialized aero market entry from the same time period. With strangely mounted road v-brakes you could tell they were paying attention to aerodynamics. Trek Madone was also on point regarding that. Look was still using form-follows-function to make design pleasing to the eye. By no means did they skip on engineering. All of these would be difficult to work on but that aside the 795 would be my preference if I owned one.
Peak of rim brakes is Cannondale supersix hi mod. Crazy light, stiff, and just a winner. Known for crappy bb30, but it is what it is
Doesn’t really hold a candle to the venge, 795 or Madone of the time. The SiSL cranks were good, and the continuous fibre wind was clever but it wasn’t really pushing tech.
@@Mapdec isn't madone and venge on heavy side?
@@dioright in comparison to this. I think so.
More videos like this please 🔥🔥🔥
Very cool rim brakes design, like the old Madone before they switched to disc -- that had proprietary rim brake calipers behind the fork, which every Trek employee I know says are fiddly to set up. Looks cool, but I'm glad I don't have to service it.
Great bike, great hair, great video.
Thank you.
This is the "White Lambo" poster bike. Absolutely stunning. Completely impractical to most users. But we'd all have one if we could.
I don't know if it is the best ever rim brake bike, but it is definitely one of the best looking. Only weird thing is that pin on the steering tube. Not the place I would choose to put a hole.
When introducing colleague you should’ve said “our tamed racing driver” (top gear throwback)
Great video
Thanks!
Have had the 595, 695 and 795, IMO the 595 has the best ride feel and is the one I still have..... progress in aero and stiffness but not ride quality and enjoyment.
I'm not a specialized fanboy but the S-Works Tarmac SL6 rim was the pinnacle of rim brake bakes for me. It felt even better than the 795 Aerolite and actually quite similar to a SuperSix Hi-Mod Gen 2. SL6 was light, stiff, comfy, direct mount brakes, easy to mantain and easy to travel with. Except for a D-shaped seatpost nothing was proprietary and gimmicky. A tribute to functional engineering.
Hi,
Love your contents, can you make a video on the best set of power meters in the aspects of performance, reliability and pricing.
Thank you
Thanks. I would just stick with Quarg unless you have a compelling reason not to. Pedal systems have durability issues offset by convenience. Other crank systems might offer better axle comparability, but they are more limited in chainring options. The Quarq customer service is very good and convenient almost worldwide.
Great video and thanks for taking us through the whole overhaul. Though I don't think I've ever come across a bike with v-brakes that had a difficult time stopping. The OCD in me wants to figure that out. Is it the rims? Pads? Cables? Seems impossible not to get it to work right. I wonder if you could splice the LEX cabling through the head tube but use jagwire couplers to have stiffer housing just before and after?
Anyhow, great work! It's a rare mechanic who enjoys tackling such a proprietary design as this.
We swapped the rims now and all good.
I liked a lot this video, especially the testing part. One thing for me, rim brake is a lot dependent on pads and braking surface quality. I use Fulcrum pads on my Fulcrimum wid 40 and zipp 303. Stopping is great. I overtolk on brakes last week descending in the Alpes (overtaking a lot of disc brakes users).
Would have loved to own one of these in a size small with Mondrian colours! Like a TVR in a world of brown ford capri's.
di-2 has always been a hideous mess. thanks for uploading this.
Great video and thanks for talking about the adjustability of the stem. But you missed out the seat post elastomer: can you do a "short" on that as it might explain why your rider found it so comfortable.
I cant quite believe people watched all 24min of this, let alone a section on the seatpost. thank you.
@@Mapdec 🤓😁
i have a 695 aerolight and it a pain in the ass to work on it but god its beautiful
What’s maximum tyre can you fit to that beauty ?
a 28 is defo pushing it.
What do you think which bikes are ahead of their time currently in terms of engineering and design?
Great question. The 3T Strada was interesting. The current Bianchi Oltare will be remembered.
From my professional industrial Designers and engineer's point of view this is a triple A bikeporn wet dream. Stunning Shape copied by Keim cycles wooden bike later. Seems like the engineers had carte blanche to rework every detail and overcome every standard, R&D ripped the CFO and they overruled everything with the need for stiffness and aero.
I surely took a long hassle with the production line manager to have his 10 specialists craftsman busy building two bikes per week.
Was it worth it? I think yes, we need companies that take engineering to the limit. Take a sneak at the multipage manual for the front brakes, 1Nm tools required please, OMG.
But... It predicted the nightmares you got at todays bicycles with hidden cables, special tools and sold out unique spare parts like forks.
I'd like to run this paired with a Mavic exalith structured Rimbrake surface, screeching beautifully like a falcon.
good comment. thank you.
@@Mapdec respect for the explanations in the vid, THX Master
Cool video as usual. I was just left wondering if/how the braking could be improved, quite a shame such a superbike (fully agree with the koenigsegg comparison) is let down by its braking performance..
Great video, lovely bike but you would have to think peak engineered rim brake would include the ability to stop…
Best rim brakes were post mount dura ace, nothing came close.
We had that in 2012 I think. And then aerodynamics…….
So that's where my daughter's BMX crank went
I can't be top of the food chain if the brakes are crap, no wonder owner wanted compressionless housing. Bit like my Boardman Air TT bike but who needs brakes doing a TT, on a road bike brakes need to be good.
Really enjoyable video. Like watching a Ferrari mechanic overhaul a F1 car!
Thank you.
The rim brake is king. Discs are a ridiculous idea for roads, we've gone backwards - not forwards.
I think discs have opened new avenues of aero and wheel development more than they have added to the performance of a road bike as a brake system.
Nice bike, really, only I would search for rim whit Al or steel surface. Carbon surfaces are not really suited as brake surface. But for the rest really nice bike.
Is it weird that I still love my XTR parallelogram rim brakes?
Yeah a bit. They are antiques.
I had the the 675 with similar a-stem tech. Not as advanced, but had std rim brakes. My brother had this bike and I was able to ride several times. And agree these brakes suck. But the bike was absolutely awesome. If the brakes had worked then yes it would have been best. The biggest thing is not everyone liked the A-stem LOOK. Pun intended. Lol
Argh, i would kill to see this bike with maching orange handelbar tape. It was so close 😅
very cool! what is the maximum tire clearance on it?
A 28 might cut it on a really stiff wheel.
I've always loved that bike for some reason. Rode with a woman who had one
French engineering is brilliant. One piece crankset, two types of chainring, three adjustable length.
How do they charge the di2 if it’s on that little pocket
Oh. We built a cool little jig so it just lifts out.
edco carbon rims with ceramic coated brake track on wet days... top that! ;--)
Oh. What happened to Edco. They made some cool stuff.
@@Mapdec yes the body takes the campag shimano and sram cassettes but also their own monoblocks, which was convenient. they had a complete groupset that looked very well made. from photo's ive seen :D
it's still around it seems, thought they went bankrupt ...
I'd choose the Light RS version which accepts more traditional rim brakes.
It’s nice they made a practical and a bonkers version
People whinging about disc brakes being unnecessary remind me of the mountain bikers claiming 26 ain't dead. 26 is dead, rim brakes will be too. Yes, they'll still be available, but it doesn't mean we'll be getting them on the premium bikes that manufacturers are pushing.
I agreed Look 795 Aerolite is the last breed of rim brake bike that well made, well thought design ( overly design in my opinion) and well engineered. Check on RUclips channel Link Bicycle Studio on their Look 795 Aerolite dream build. You will see Look 795 marvelous design. Complicated yet amazing 😅
The best bike ever featured, i'd rather go to work on my hands and knees than ride these disc brake aero extra spoke tractor tyres ting ting heavy "bikes" that will go wrong in 3 weeks 😂
Fair enough!
I would swap that EW-90 with an RS-910 so that there is no need to rip that cover to access the EW-90 for the charging.
Aye. Not on the job sheet though.
Enjoy
We do :)
❤amazing 😊
Thanks 😄
Helloo ,,now i m looking for this bike in size 56,,hope i'll get it in my country india
great video, enjoyed this so much that I started checking out if anyone is selling one of those -.-
Glad you enjoyed it!
that must be the most labour intensive bike made and it's not even got disc brakes to add to the complication. That low mount rear brake would put me off. can never see how anyone thought that was a good idea. direct mount rim brakes with Swiss Stop pads prob as good as rim brakes got.
Compared to a TT bike this is easy
Bike porn 🤩. As a tall rider myself. I can see me riding on it👍👍👍
Beautiful bike, but those non proprietary parts to replace are going to be a nightmare for the owner to replace and keep serviced.
You would be amazed at the LOOK museum of spare parts.
some HED Jet Black wheels on it and theeen we can claim peak rim brake bike ;)
about to buy one on facebook marketplace. wish me luck
TT styled TRP brakes
If this test rider says the brakes are no good, he is wrong! I have an Aerolight and whilst I would admit the unconventional set up is quite "finicky" with little room for adjustment (a pain in the backside actually compared to normal rim brakes, but not as bad as hydraulic disc), once you set up the brakes properly with the correct rim/pad combination the bike stops every bit as well as any other modern counterpart be it the inferior road disc system or quality conventional rim brake set up.
Weird. Disc brakes are just 2 bolts to align. No cable tension, balance screws, pad alignment etc to worry about. I think we did a follow up short on upgraded rims that gave better results
@@Mapdec yeah not weird when you know what you're doing, probably not as bad as faffing about on disc brake systems though. I'd like to hear an honest opinion first hand from any bike mechanic that says they'd rather work on hydraulic road disc - but don't believe them unless they say they would charge the same as working on rim brakes!
@@Mapdec btw, are you able to link the follow up vid?
@@markcarlton come visit us and see for yourself. Check the website. Read the reviews from our customers. You can even come on a training course with us and I can show you how to set your brakes up if you like. We don’t really think of it terms of easier or harder. Just different. We fix what is in front of us. These days we probably have the disc tools out in permanent use and we are all very fast and efficient with it. In contrast we probably only work on a rim brake maybe once a day now. Times are changing fast.
@@Mapdec yes they may be changing fast but in some areas not necessarily better for the consumer.
This is the sort of bike where a sram red etap axs rim brake version would be so much better!
Yeah. Or even the new di2. The hardest part was actually getting the di2 cable though that headset casing.
A nightmare to maintain
A beautiful nightmare
Aren't ALL caliper brake cables "Stainless steel"??🙂
No. Many are galvanised and unpolished
@@Mapdec or teflon coated.
Guess the "ease of maintenance" argument for rim brakes bikes doesn't apply here 🙄
No. Wait until you see how tricky the Madone was.
It goes so rapid that it doesn't brake.
The brakes on these aren't the best. Imo SL6 Tarmac beats this direct mount dura ace brakes work better. The bike is also far easier to live with
Oh sure. But it’s not as all out crazy. I love some crazy. I’d take a Paganini Zonda over a practical BMW anyday 😂
Its a beautiful bike, but brakes are in the wrong place. Almost like an afterthought. Designers were not concerned with braking, obviously 🤣
Not for me, incredibly complicated and for what??! Plus let’s be real that’s a bike only it’s mother could love 😂😂
I’m a fan I love crazy radical stuff.
@@Mapdec I can certainly tell your enthusiasm for the bike and I completely respect the engineering that has gone into that bike but I just couldn’t live with it
Talk about overengineering, $500 just to get it serviced at your LBS no doubt.
3.5 hour job. It’s not that bad. If you are not used to Look bikes there is probably another hour of hunting instructions and reading to do.
Based on this guy's "knowledge"displayed in the last week or so, I'd expect him to pay me for allowing him to touch my bikes.
Pretty amazing but for the crankset gimmick. First the multiple length options introduce more weakness and variables. Two, I have yet to see a high stress carbon part that can last more than 7000-12000 Kms? Carbon hubs? Good luck. Specifically carbon crank will react to 15 c differently than at 30C. Even the best carbon shoes last a finite fatigue life. Shimano dura ace ulterior cranksets, max 20,000 kms with one ring swap half way, for 78-85kg riders. But the rest looks very good and hopefully reliable.