LOOK made of... Easton C9

[Crus]

Hallo,

I found a dusted-Nos 1991 bike. The bike is a Look , top of range of that year.
I was wondering if it could be of some retrobike interest, as I understood that it is pretty rare and also made of a pretty rare Easton C9, Aluminium/Carbon/Kevlar tubes, the same used for two of the most iconic bikes on the earth, the C26 and the raleigh John Tomac... :facepalm:

As the frame is big for me , I was wondering if this has to be:
- A garage queen as could be a klein or a yeti....
-A frame to be sold to someone that will use it better than me, to complete other projects (at least a little part..will I find an Adroit in this life... :roll: )
-Use the frame with more modern brakes and trasmission and use it with bags and carriers for tourism tours on the bike....

Any suggestion?

Here some clean pics.

Addon: this bike has been used by Philippe Perakis, Cilo look team during 1991 pre WCS Ciocco's Downhill and he won it in senior category, also falling during second try

 

[hamster]

A beautiful machine. If it has rack mounts it might make a great tourer - but I would nto trust p-clips around the frame tubes to mount racks - you may easily crush the tubing.

The best tourers tend to be a bit heavier-built than racing machines - mid-range MTB frames seem to work best. The top-end frames are lighter and tend to be too flexible with luggage loads. This gives scary steering.

 

[Crus]

but I would nto trust p-clips around the frame tubes

I belive I'm lucky with rack mounts: the top one is very solid as it is just under the wishbone, and the bottom one are on very a thick aluminium piece:

Any interest from retro crew? :shock:

 

[hamster]

I love this frame - what is the size? If under 42cm centre of BB to top of top tube then PM me!

I fear it is too big for me too...

 

[Crus]

I love this frame - what is the size? If under 42cm centre of BB to top of top tube then PM me!

I fear it is too big for me too...

love the frame too, but it is too big also for me...it is a large.
I expecially love the internal calbles, Klein style....
you can get the quotes in one of the pics, the frame is a 53, with 58cm of top tube. :facepalm:

 

[hamster]

Ah, on the right hand side of the picture it said 48cm, I hoped I was in with a chance.

 

[johndeverill]

Just ride the beautiful beast!!

 

[24pouces]

Re:

Quite rare to see such an old look.
It's funny to see that look, one of the first brand which used carbon fiber for bike frame (Hinault and LeMond's bike for the 1986 Tour de France) with TVT tubes, and one of the older specialists of carbon fiber, just bought some frame to reflex and just swap the decals.
Look made some prototype in 90-91 with only carbon tube but the all broke.
C9 are aluminum tubes wrapped by carbon fiber

 

[Crus]

infact, it is a Reflex Frame

 

[Juanabe]

What a nice looking ride.. That seat stay/downtube junction is of particular interest to me. Any way you can snap a picture of the backside?
What about riding it as a road/city commuter/daily ride as opposed to a more "mountain" oriented machine? I am somewhat small myself 5'6-5'7 ish and generally ride bikes with 17-18" seat tubes and 19-20" top tubes (+/- 1"), but have recently been experimenting with re purposing a slightly larger serotta atx for more of an all terrain use. And by all terrain i mean equal parts tarmac as well as off road. I commute with it to work and back and spend about half of the 20 ish miles riding it on loose gravel/hardpack/semi-sandy conditions. The 26" wheel is phenomenal for the agility needed to move in and out of sidewalks as well as all the obscure obstacles and things that are thrown my way during the rides.. ie: traffic, people, dogs, ect. I found that the 19" seat tube and 22.5" top tube coupled with a -10 degree stem at 110 mills equates to an outstandingly quick, yet responsive city ride. I use 2.1" continental traffic tires that have a nice dense center line with some progressively spaced knobs toward the outer perimeter. I very much have enjoyed using this bike in the place of a somewhat skinny-tire road bike and find myself capable of negotiating mostly everything around here with such a bike. Long story short.. if you don't already have a bike that has a similarly dedicated purpose, this might be a nice candidate granted its size is not that far beyond comfort for such an application. I would find it to be a sad life for such a nice bike to sit in a garage and not get nice use as it was designed to endure. If it was me i would either build it up nicely and ride it alot, or sell it to someone who could really make good use of it.

(^_^)