The Look family - Look KG196, KG381 & 695 Aerolight

Saw this article in road.cc which pissed me off at tad! Arugh!! Hate technological advance at times and how I am such a sucker for it!!

road.cc/content/news/154834-canyo­n-unveils-new-ultimate-cf-slx-aero-featu­res

I'm sure it will be a while before you can buy it, so just enjoy this frame and then when the new one becomes available, buy that one and move the parts over. That way you have a bike you can enjoy and another to look forward to.

It's win-win.

You must be a mind reader ;0)

Something happened? When will the Crackyon return? We needz it

Crackyon has returned and I've tried to take a decent photo recently, but it's just a tad windy for any good shots, if the weather calms down, will try to take some nice pics before the end of the week! ;)

#AlwaysThePerfectist

take some snaps in my car park mate.

Rolling resistance very good from what I spotted yesterday!

Cheers Lud! Nice to see you last night! =)

When are you going to get some proper pics of this up?!? Saw some on Sumo's Instagram and it's looking hawt!

It been too fricking windy the past couple of weeks, but this weekend looks good so will hopefully get some pictures in some outdoor environment, if not then underground car park will have to do =/

So finally got some time to update this thread.

Tried taking some pictures this morning and it was still a tad windy to have a nice background for the bike so took some pictures of the gal in the car park instead:

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Front and Rear:

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Shifters (including the ever fun sprint shifters):

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TRP 979EQ Brakes:

Probably the best looking brakes on the market IMO.

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Front and Rear drivetrain:

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Last bits:

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Summary so far:

When I picked her up at the shop I was surprised how light she was, even with the wide and deep rims profile and took for her a quick gentle spin and was even more surprised with wider profile rim that the ride is so much more stable and of course comfortable and with the weight reduction from the previous bike so much more quicker and responsive too.

As I stated from the start of this thread, one of the reasons why I rebuilt this bike up was purely for the Coast to Coast in a Day sportive from Seascale to Whitby. It was an epic ride, was disappointed with my time, but that's another rant for another day.

The bike felt quick and was lovely to climb and the CCC (Cheap Chinese Crabon) wheelset held up really nicely. However, descending was a different matter, it was rather scary to descend from Hardknott and I soon realised that when carbon rims you either have some braking or just full on lock compared to the control modulation you can have with alloys rims. (Even with the black prince I was using) But I was so glad that I went for the normal inner tubes compared to latex due to the amount of heat I was generating and if I was using latex it would have probably burst! =/

Overall I'm really happy with this 'Sunday Best Bike' really has put a smile back on my face. If I was to change anything it would probably be the rims to Enve (probably a deeper profile 6:7) with their apparently improved braking surface. Or I go back to alloy braking but with a black braking surface like the HED Jet Black which looks rather tasty. But at the moment this is a great bike and I really do love it a lot, just a pity it is a bike I will only use in dry and special occasion.

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@7VEN

Pictures are up ;)

Lovely build. I have the same frame and I think you've inspired me to get some deep rims. What are those cages?

Cheers! Would recommend it to anyone to build from scratch, so much more satisfying.

Bottle cages are Elite Custom Race Resin:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/elite-custom-race-resin-bottle-cage-stealth/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&sku=5360572081&ci_src=18615224&ci_sku=5360572081uk&utm_source=google&utm_term&utm_campaign=Accessories&utm_medium=base&utm_content=sayCAaZZ7_dc%7cpcrid%7c54887795462%7cpkw%7c%7cpmt%7c%7cprd%7c5360572081uk

Oh my, that's lovely!

Thanks, left a big hole in my wallet, but totally worth it! ;)

The Aeroad is an amazing frames, but you'd need to be stretched out to ride it.

Was looking at a while back with@amey. Totally agreed with beautiful design on that bike. If I was to get it, I would need a bloody XS frameset and a bike bit to get the correct stem/bars intergration length.

Tops most of the bike in the pron thread imo. So nice.

Shuck! ;)

Shame the rider is a little on the fat/slow side these day =/