LOOK 566 looks like an XC mountain bike.

MAS4T0
MAS4T0 Posts: 43
edited July 2010 in The bottom bracket
Is it just me, or at first glance does the LOOK 566 look like a hard-tail XC MTB?

I'm in the process of building a road bike and was looking through the LOOK range, and came across this:

look-566-BlR10-1000.jpg

I assume that it must be the sloping top-tube (and long head-tube), but it looks nothing like a (normal) road frame to me...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I wouldnt't go that far, but I am a Look fanboy and think these 566s are indeed pug ugly.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    It's just you............... :wink:
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    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    I am a mountain biker....and that looks like a road bike!
    Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.

    H.G. Wells.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,412
    edited July 2010
    Nope, it doesn't.

    Mountain bikes have suspension at one or both ends, and do not have drop bars - ever :wink:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Nope, it doesn't.

    Mountain bikes have suspension at one or both ends, and do not have drop bars - ever.

    Tomac_DB10_full_view-798-75.jpg
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Not really, no. I rather like it.
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    I usually like a sloping top tube but that bike (the LOOK) is abit of a "Bella Emberg/Rita Webb".
    Tail end Charlie

    The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Nope, it doesn't.

    Mountain bikes have suspension at one or both ends, and do not have drop bars - ever.
    eeeerm...... wrong on both counts, but I assume that this is just a joke. I've got a hardtail with rigid forks, and check out John Tomac's C-26 Yeti:

    http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/files/dn_109.jpg
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    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Nope, it doesn't.

    Mountain bikes have suspension at one or both ends, and do not have drop bars - ever.

    Tomac_DB10_full_view-798-75.jpg
    Nice replica Nap, check out the original in my reply :D

    Edit: Actually, it's not quite original, the eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed the shifters :wink:
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    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,412
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Nope, it doesn't.

    Mountain bikes have suspension at one or both ends, and do not have drop bars - ever.

    Tomac_DB10_full_view-798-75.jpg
    Hybrid !
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,412
    MattC59 wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Nope, it doesn't.

    Proper Mountain bikes have suspension at one or both ends, and do not have drop bars - ever.
    eeeerm...... wrong on both counts, but I assume that this is just a joke. I've got a hardtail with rigid forks, and check out John Tomac's C-26 Yeti:

    http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/files/dn_109.jpg
    Fixed my original post for ya :wink:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Again, wrong on both counts I'm afraid. I have a full suspension mtb, front suspension mtb and one with rigid forks, they're all proper mountain bikes.

    Are you saying that the Legendary John Tomac wasn't riding a proper mountain bike ?
    "He has won more mountain bike races than anyone in the sport, and done so at every level and in all aspects: cross-country, uphill, downhill, even trials. In 1988 and 1990 he won the World Mountain Bike Championships overall title and has claimed many NORBA and national titles as well. In 1991, he has started out fast, winning the Grundig World Cup #2 in France, the Italian National Championship Series #1, the NORBA National Championship #1 in Durango and the Rage in the Sage Circuit Race in Gunnison, Colo."

    Surely someone with such a distinguished carear would only ride a proper mointain bike

    You may be onto a loser with this one :wink:

    anyway, I didn't think there were enough mountains in sunny Beckenham to warrant a "proper" mountain bike :wink:
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  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    And here it is in anger

    http://bikemag.com/news/freshproduce/Johnny_drop_jump.jpg
    http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8491/tomac1990descenso.jpg

    ooh look, this version has drops and rigid forks :D
    http://fstatic1.mtb-news.de/img/photos/8/8/6/_/large/tomac_yeti_drop_25012003gross.jpg

    I rest my case :wink:
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    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,412
    Granted, I usually have to stick my MTB on top of the car and dive somewhere to get some decent mountain biking - although the local woods next to the golf course are OK for a quick fix :)

    One of your pics is so old it's in black & white....and Tomac was around 20 years ago: things have moved on a bit . Think how much faster he could have gone with a decent one :wink:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    Nope looks like a road bike to me :lol:
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    One of your pics is so old it's in black & white....and Tomac was around 20 years ago: things have moved on a bit . Think how much faster he could have gone with a decent one :wink:
    The C-26 is still rated as one of the best riding hard tails to have been made. Anyway, I bet that Tomac was a faster and better rider than either of us will ever be, even on the old C-26 :roll: :)
    Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Sorry folks, Stevo and I appear to have hijacked this and drifted slightly off topic :roll:
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  • MAS4T0
    MAS4T0 Posts: 43
    To clarify, the OP was entirely in jest :lol: .

    But just picture that frame, with suspension forks and a pair of riser handlebars...
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,412
    Ahem, my first post on this was also in jest as Matt suspected. Have added suitable smiley above :) Got a couple of bites so I'll pipe down now.... :wink:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]

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