Neo Retro Look KG196 with Mavic Mektronic

Just finished building this neo-retro 90's french aero dream machine Look KG196 with mavic Mektronic wireless gears. So much of it was way ahead of it's time. The frame was first released in 1993 as one of the first ever carbon monocoques.

The mektronic works incredibly well, when it works ;)

Here she is...

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And her original state when I first got her from Italy. Rather sad looking and non working Mektronic..

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That looks absolutely epic! Awesome

Prefer the original... :oP

Only joking. Epicness.

Not alot has changed ;)

How much does it weigh?

Rad!

My Lord, that's amazing. So hot.

Not weighed her but she no modern feather weight, I suspect there is a lot of carbon in that triangle!

Although the main focus of retro road (and value) is on steel frames right now, I suspect these earlier carbon frames will become just as collectible in the long run. Thoughts anyone?

Beauty!

I would have thought so-they improve with age. Everyone loves an Alan carbonio after all, this is just the next step on... Really nice, v much jealous.

how is the shifting?

Now it works the shifting is amazing! It's comparable to groupsets of today.

Would recommend Mektronic to anyone looking for something different. Love the levers in particular, which look like stag beetles!

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This is a great project - I forgot about the Mavic electronic groupsets.
I would like to ride one to see what it is like.

There is a full Mavic Mektronic bike for sale on leboncoin at the moment but it is €€€€
https://www.leboncoin.fr/velos/991378840.htm?ca=8_s

And some spares here:
https://www.leboncoin.fr/velos/988351269.htm?ca=8_s
https://www.leboncoin.fr/velos/988282225.htm?ca=8_s

Presuming it works, that Mektronic set is a good price