The Look family - Look KG196, KG381 & 695 Aerolight

Phil Wood 103mm low profile @ $$ would be ace.

No personal experience with them I’m afraid - I can’t imagine they’re any worse than the original 😉

I had one once and it died really fast, BUT... it was serviceable, so I changed the bearings to SKF and then it just kept on going.

Update:

Ordered a brand NOS DA 7410 BB from state side to replace like for like now. Hopefully I’ll use this current BB through the winter months before a spring overhaul service.

Also, got these for the lolz/posing purposes when the weather is nicer to hear the zoom zoom zoom effect when riding around the track or Regent’s Park.

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Lols covid really got to u.

Ain't gonna lie I wanna get some aerospokes

Text me for regents laps with these. I wanna see it in all its glory

what text ? when these start rolling you will know

Mine made an alarming clicking sound with every rotation but otherwise were fairly quiet

Nice, looks like the Super Stiff variant as well.

We all have our guilty pleasure in life...

Might be heading there tomorrow or in the weekend. I’ll DM you when I’m heading there you so can witness my face palm moment.

Took them out around the block and the seem super smooth.

They roll slower than my mavic cosmic as I currently I’m using standard inner tubes and running 25mm.

This is my experience without the clicking sound.

I’ve decided I’m not leaving the house unless it’s at least 8 degrees

Good spot. Yeah I was looking around for a decent pair and cornering on them seems to be reasonable so far. Will go on a longer ride soon and push the limit a little more.

See you in spring then 😉

So basically I couldn’t get the old cassette off the mavic cosmic and waved the white flag and decided to get a brand new cassette from condor this morning.

This made more sense to me as I needed to replace the chain and thought it was be more worthwhile to get both new cassette and chain together. Plus I can swap them over easier for winter and spring rides now.

Impression so far? I’m still alive.

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So I have a new pair of 23mm veloflex coming soon and I definitely noticed the rolling resistance difference with the normal inter tubes vs the latex ones.

Also big up swissstop brake pads as they stop this heavy bike with these spinergy instantly.

So far so good (last famous words of course)

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The bike looks fast without even moving .love the look.

Those mudguards are an actual crime

This bike is incredible but would you seriously take it out in the rain?!

only if it's purple

Or at night under the cherry moon.

Amazing. Sure I’ve seen this rolling round the park some mornings already. With the guards aswell. Making all the mamil chariots cough up feathers no doubt - keep it up!!