- This is the brand new Look 785 Huez RS bike
which fills a void that they have had in their range
for a little while.
Between the 765 which is their enduro bike
and the 795 which is the aerodynamic bike
which they have had out for quite some time.
So this bike has been a long time in the development
it's being used here at the Tour De France
by Elie Gesbert
and the inspiration for the name came from Greg LeMond
who in 1986 became the first rider
to win the Tour De France on a carbon fibre bike.
Now Look obviously did an incredible amount of research
as they were designing their new lightweight bike
and they used what they have called
Optimised Inertia Section.
So what they decided was to get the optimal ratio
between stiffness and comfort, i.e. compliance,
and also lightweight,
that they would go for a combination
of both round and square shaped tubing.
And it is done with nano layers, which are apparently
just one hundredth of a millimetre thick.
And there are points on this frame,
I think just here on the top tube,
where the thickness of the carbon
is just zero point six millimetres.
It really is quite incredible when you think about it.
The results, well this frame is 730 grammes,
there are lighter frames out there,
but that's certainly very respectable indeed
whilst the fork comes in at 280 grammes.
And in fact the off the peg top of the range buy,
which comes in at just under 10,000 Euros, not that cheap,
is just five point nine kilogrammes,
that's with a full Sram eTap group set
and Corima's MCSS+ wheels,
they've got some slightly heavier,
but more aero wheels on this bike,
because of course all the rides here at the Tour De France
have to meet the UCIs and minimum weight criteria
which is six point eight kilogrammes,
however despite the extra weight of the wheels
and the extra weight of these pedals,
which are Look power pedals,
they've still got a bike which comes in underneath
that six point eight kilogramme mark.
So here in the seat-post
they had to put an extra 400 grammes of weight in.
Look as you can see also provide quite a lot
of the finishing kit,
so along with their power pedals,
and they're also providing the seat-post here
which is carbon as you might expect,
and also the aero handlebars there at the front
which are measuring about 44 centimetres
from edge to edge down there on the drops.
They've also though, provided the cranks there,
so that is a slight deviation away
from the full Sram Red eTap groupset.
Now what's interesting here are these extra bolt holes,
so that allows riders to mount the standard
53 by 39 tooth chain rings,
which are traditional for pro riders,
but if you so wish, you can also swap out
for a more compact chain set design, i.e, 50 by 34.
Ritchey though provide the stem, as you can see,
it's fully slammed like most pros these days,
that's 130 millimetres in length.
It doesn't actually say the angle,
but looking at it I'm guessing that is at least
a negative 17 degree.
Look also provide the bar tape,
which you can see up there on the bars.
Selle Italia are the saddle sponsors for the Fortunea team,
and this is their team edition SLR on this particular bike.
The tyres are not something I see that often
in the pro ranks,
they are Challenge, and it's their Strada model,
and they look quite narrow, they are in fact 25s.
I think I've just got used to seeing very wide tyres
on my bikes these days.
One interesting thing down here
that is 11 up to 32 tooth cassette,
we are filming this on the first rest day
of the Tour De France this year,
so just come out of some very steep mountains yesterday.
That was enough to see him going up the climbs
on a standard 39 tooth front chain ring.
Now I have been doing some measuring of the bike
before we started this video,
so along with the 170 millimetre cranks
he is running a saddle height
of almost exactly 75 centimetres
from the centre here down to the centre of the cranks
whilst the reach from the tip of the saddle there
to the centre of the bars is 56 centimetres.
But what I haven't done yet, is weighed it.
Is it actually six point eight kilogrammes?
Let's have a look.
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Six point nine, although my scale might be slightly out,
but that is certainly a very light bike indeed,
as I mentioned.
Even lighter than the pros one,
is the one that you can buy off the peg.
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