Look 496

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this stem scares me.

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-road-bike/city-of-toronto/full-carbon-look-496-tri-road-bike-dura-ace-ultegra-group-20-spe/1076938748?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

:eek:

[FlashUNC]

Gonna go out on a limb and say that bike is the wrong size for the current owner.

[Saint Vitus]

Reminds me of the 585 I saw recently on C/L that had flat bars, an adjustable stem and a cushy seat. I think it was my size, but was too far away (Marin) to rescue, probably stolen anyway.

[nooneline]

Frames that have some type of integrated headset/stem/fork system often require a stem angle that looks like that. Okay, this one is slightly extreme, but it looks worse than it actually is.

Think about it - if there were a steerer tube coming up, the stem would attach at a point above the top tube. On this bike, the stem is connected to a lower spot - where the top tube and headtube intersect. So, to get handlebars up to a fairly neutral position, the stem has quite a bit of rise.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTk4WDgwMA==/z/ZhEAAOSwrklVba3p/$_35.JPG

I see this with a lot of track racers' Felt TK1s, which have a similar fork system.

http://www.pedalroom.com/p/the-new-felt-tk1-2014-race-mode-16153_8.jpg