Look 585

[pelicanrando]

I got interested in carbon bikes in the past year, after having only ridden steel bikes my whole life. I loved reading about all the Looks in this thread. I picked up a Look 595 Ultra this summer and have been having a blast riding it. It's been so fun going back to skinny tires, and having a light bike. This weighs 16lbs and my rando bike weighs 25lbs, and I can say that you definitely feel that on the climbs. I haven't even wanted to swap out the 12-23 cassette yet.

Fun.

[old_fat_and_slow]

Great looking bike and build! Sweet area to ride.

Where is that NoCal, Oregon ? Looks awesome.

[pelicanrando]

Originally Posted by old_fat_and_slow

Great looking bike and build! Sweet area to ride.

Where is that NoCal, Oregon ? Looks awesome.

Thanks! Top 2 are SF, and the bridges are in Cazadero near King Ridge in West Sonoma County, where Levi's Gran Fondo goes. It's a beautiful area to ride.

[Zee]

This thread has inspired me to looking for the elusive medium if it comes with a complete headset!

Thank you to all of the contributing voices as well as those who shared images!

[Latestart]

https://southjersey.craigslist.org/b...186561664.html

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2008-Look-5...gAAOSwTspfeeBK

[velofinds]

Someone please save this:

https://newjersey.craigslist.org/bik...207611171.html

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by velofinds

Someone please save this:

https://newjersey.craigslist.org/bik...207611171.html

No kidding...$600?? Be worth it to buy, strip it, sell the stuff like the rear hub..sell the frame..for way more than $600...

[RiderR]

Originally Posted by velofinds

Someone please save this:

https://newjersey.craigslist.org/bik...207611171.html

That poor frame. Deserves better. Hope someone saves it!

[RiderR]

Back to the 585... I got one and have ridden it a fair bit now. Love it.
Speclialized marketing for the Aethos sounds like they made a 585 with disc brakes and dropping 500g.

[saab2000]

Originally Posted by RiderR

Back to the 585... I got one and have ridden it a fair bit now. Love it.
Speclialized marketing for the Aethos sounds like they made a 585 with disc brakes and dropping 500g.

I love how they say the standard 56 cm frame weight is 585 grams.

[thegunner]

Originally Posted by RiderR

Back to the 585... I got one and have ridden it a fair bit now. Love it.
Speclialized marketing for the Aethos sounds like they made a 585 with disc brakes and dropping 500g.

listen, i love the 585, but you make it sound like dropping 500 grams is not that significant.

[RiderR]

I’m not knocking what S have done. The Aethos looks amazing and that frame weight is unreal.

My point is that its marketing more or less describes what I enjoy about my 585. I’d love to ride an Aethos to compare.

[johnnylarue]

Hey y’all,

I’m giving this thread a jolt as I’m about to buy a 585 (Ultra) and this looks like it will be a safe space to brag about it.

I do have an early question about the stock carbon Look stem from that era: anyone know if it can be inverted? This is a feature I’ve come to take for granted in the carbon fork era, but this little number looks like it’s intentionally engineered with only one orientation in mind:
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[tv_vt]

That stem is going to look very stupid flipped. Just get another one, a Fizik, Deda, Ritchey, etc, and sell that one if it doesn't fit.

[johnnylarue]

Originally Posted by tv_vt

That stem is going to look very stupid flipped. Just get another one, a Fizik, Deda, Ritchey, etc, and sell that one if it doesn't fit.

Thanks for confirming my doubts. Gonna see how the fit is with this stem jacked to the top of the (uncut) steerer tube and buy a new one if my back protests too much. Comes with the matching handlebars and it would be fun to keep the set together, but obviously not at the expense of making this bike unrideable for me.