Look KG241

pineapple684

I've got a Look KG 241 which i bought in 2000 and probably use once a fortnight. I still love the bike but it's occured to me that it was old technology when i bought and after 8 years of being hammered by someone who's 90Kg i should replace it before it snaps due to fatigue. That said there is no evidence that the frame is going to fail.

Any thoughts?

Cheers.

Tom Butcher

Is it carbon - I thought carbon didn't fatigue as such - then again there seem to be dozens of materials scientists on here who can pass educated judgement on this better than I.

pineapple684

yeah, lugged carbon.

gundersen

shouldn't fatigue

but then again steel shouldn't break

and spaceships don't fall apart even though they are glued together

and so on and so on.......




If you feel like buying a new bike - do so (you don't need an excuse)

heavymental

Well, its not going to just suddenly snap in half I wouldn't have thought. If you do have doubts about it, have a good look at it, make sure its sound, give it a clean and spruce it up and get back on it! If you love it then no need to ditch the old girl!

DavidBelcher

pineapple684 wrote:

I've got a Look KG 241 which i bought in 2000 and probably use once a fortnight. I still love the bike but it's occured to me that it was old technology when i bought and after 8 years of being hammered by someone who's 90Kg i should replace it before it snaps due to fatigue. That said there is no evidence that the frame is going to fail.

Any thoughts?

Cheers.

I've owned a 2nd-hand KG241 since last August; the previous owner used it a lot for sportives and the like (apparently it's been up & down the Ventoux at least twice!), and I've already put in a good few miles on it myself. I weigh about 83kg, but no sign of any problems to date. If no obvious signs of being on the way out (in particular, look out for corrosion of the alloy lugs, possibly accompanied by excessive bubbling or cracking of the paint job), I'd stick with it. Great frames in my opinion; even with the skinny San Marco SKN saddle on mine, the ride is incredibly comfy over long distances for an out-and-out race machine.

David