Look 795 Blade RS

[pdmtong]

As seen today at LBS, the new Look 795 Blade RS
First one in USA.
Check out that rear brake mount and stem cable routing

[KJMUNC]

they took all that time to route one cable through the stem (I'm guessing shift cables?) and yet still left the rear brake cable outside of the TT on the right side?? Never seen that one.....thought most were on the left as it's a direct run to the rear brake and doesn't require crossing over.

And what's up with that rear brake mount appendage?!

[old fat man]

Can the shop get their money back? Nothing appealing about those "innovations"

[one60]

Thanks for posting! This bike got a great review on the french site Matos Velo but I have only seen pictures of electronic set-ups, even on the LOOK site.

[Dave]

Pretty strange routing of the rear brake cable and pictures from the LOOK website show it the same.

If only I could get a 785 Huez in red, with rim brakes.

[ultraman6970]

Hmm.. anybody noticed the seatpost wedge? Looks like finally somebody got the idea to make a wedge long enough and flat, more friction, less cranking of the seatpost, will last more.

As for the brake, interesting, the thing is and what will happen when you have an accident and cracks? look wont give you a new one.... looks super clean tho, i give them that.

Look KG family of bikes were perfect in any way IMO, why they had to re invent the wheel...

Oh well. i cant pay for any anyways, that will leave more of those nice kg series available for cheap for me i guess...

[yarg]

The rear brake mount uses more material (more weight) and provides no structural benefit to the seat stays, as an engineer this makes no sense. It also looks stupid, but thats to this untrained stylist's eye.

[pdmtong]

Originally Posted by yarg

The rear brake mount uses more material (more weight) and provides no structural benefit to the seat stays, as an engineer this makes no sense. It also looks stupid, but thats to this untrained stylist's eye.

it is the vestigial tail which disappears once the owner decides that disc is the way

[kramnnim]

Dear Look, have you met my friend the direct mount brake?

[KonaSS]

That rear brake mount is stupid, but this might be the future for some caliper brake road bikes.

The new Scott Addict that was just launched is disc only. They said that designing a caliper version is designing a whole new bike and it wasn't worth the resources.

It is obvious that this bike was designed as a disc bike, and they added the appendage and changed the fork to make a caliper version.

[oldpotatoe]

Is that even legal to sell in the US?? I mean, rim brakes, QR, 2by??

[pdmtong]

The geo chart is very interesting

75.8d STA all models.

Can't size based on eTT because they expect you to dial your reach in by seatpost. So stack and reach are the guides

On my bikes I have no idea what the stack and reach is. I know I like eTT 56.0-56.5 and a standard headtube from 14.0-15.0. I'm unsure if I'm a medium or a large with this look were I to be a prospective buyer

[cmg]

Originally Posted by old fat man

Can the shop get their money back? Nothing appealing about those "innovations"

Manufacturer managed to create a few proprietary parts, never good. all that effort for rim brakes. From the thread earlier this week the bike is an outdated design.

[one60]

Integration begets proprietary parts, there are few truly aero bikes without some proprietary parts be it seatpost, headset or stem.

The BLADE RS has an interesting approach to compliance with the seatstay design.

In order to offer it as a rim brake, they choose to keep the compliance by adding the brake mount. The only other option would be to place it on the bottom bracket. Imagine the ribbing LOOK would get for that choice.

In addition, the seatstay angle and seatpost design allow this one road bike to be set up as a TRI or TT rig by simply changing the seatpost/saddle attachment. For folks who don't TT all the time, this is an ingenious approach. It also allows for setback or no setback in the road mode.

This frame comes in a disc version which has completely hidden cables if 'aero is everything' is your thing.

Would have loved to see DM brakes but I still think there is a lot on offer

[kramnnim]

Originally Posted by ultraman6970

Hmm.. anybody noticed the seatpost wedge? Looks like finally somebody got the idea to make a wedge long enough and flat, more friction, less cranking of the seatpost, will last more.

Is that a wedge or a plate for a set screw to push against?