That is a good looking bike. You’re right, throw on some carbon Roval’s or 303’s and you’d have a killer ride. I’m a fan of LOOK and their owner was recently featured in Road Bike magazine. In fact the top end version of this LOOK bike was featured on the cover of Road Bike’s buyer’s guide.
Built for the diehard Spandex Clan. My junk is much happier since giving up road race bikes. And my Ultegra RX Cannondale Topstone with full mounts and 40mm tires only weighs 8 ounces more than that. Thanks!
Outdated old-school design, round cross section tubing, almost 20 lbs. A Trek Domane might be more aero and weighs the same, nevermind an Emonda. For classic lines, the Willier bikes are much nicer (though admittedly a lot more). A Ribble Endurance would climb just as fast and descend a lot faster, for $1000 less (money for Zipp 303 Firecrest!!). And a Ribble CGR or other gravel bike will be more versatile and have more wheel options for about the same weight for less money.
It,s a classic timeless design. Trek bikes look oudated every 3 to 4 years. But more important, the build quality of Trek and Willier is shite. Just ask Hambini
@@wardbierman1 Hey there. Appreciate the thoughts. I watch Hambini plenty. I like his reviews, but they do reveal an implicit bias and a statistical error: he’s only ever using examples of problems - so he doesn’t have a representative random sample size - and then extrapolating that to an entire product line or manufacturer. I’m not defending the manufacturers and their quality control, but it’s a logical error to use an instance of poor quality control and manufacturing fault and then say that’s an issue with build quality. It’s conflating two issues and without establishing a sound statistical basis (the cases of Cervelló tolerances and Shimano’s failing cranks aside). That said, your response is bringing up points entirely apart from what I was mentioning. The design of this bike IS more traditional. In my personal opinion, it’s outdated, and I was getting at the fact that this design and this bike is outdone by several others. You can find “timeless” design done better by others, and you can find more modern designs that outperform this bike, leaving this bike in no man’s land.
That is one beautiful bike! Love the classic geometry and lines!
I purchased one last year in blue, very beautiful and capable bike, very happy with it!
That is a good looking bike. You’re right, throw on some carbon Roval’s or 303’s and you’d have a killer ride. I’m a fan of LOOK and their owner was recently featured in Road Bike magazine. In fact the top end version of this LOOK bike was featured on the cover of Road Bike’s buyer’s guide.
Nice. Screams fast.
Hey James, I'm trying to get some info on the Alvas Madison 29". Can you assist?
Nice nice nice 👍🖐️🖐️
looks classy and beautiful but once I see that upside down stem setup when the camera zoom in~ I gotta look away
Built for the diehard Spandex Clan. My junk is much happier since giving up road race bikes. And my Ultegra RX Cannondale Topstone with full mounts and 40mm tires only weighs 8 ounces more than that. Thanks!
Congrats, now you’ve graduated to the Old Man Bike Clan …. welcome!
An absolute porker for a climbing bike. It absolutely needs a wheel upgrade.
its homeland. Not it’s.
Thank you professor. I have fixed the title. 😋
Who measures in lbs ? ?
Roughly 300 million people
@@Jamesthebikeguy But who are they ? Can you name them ? ^^
Outdated old-school design, round cross section tubing, almost 20 lbs. A Trek Domane might be more aero and weighs the same, nevermind an Emonda. For classic lines, the Willier bikes are much nicer (though admittedly a lot more). A Ribble Endurance would climb just as fast and descend a lot faster, for $1000 less (money for Zipp 303 Firecrest!!). And a Ribble CGR or other gravel bike will be more versatile and have more wheel options for about the same weight for less money.
It,s a classic timeless design. Trek bikes look oudated every 3 to 4 years. But more important, the build quality of Trek and Willier is shite. Just ask Hambini
@@wardbierman1 Hey there. Appreciate the thoughts. I watch Hambini plenty. I like his reviews, but they do reveal an implicit bias and a statistical error: he’s only ever using examples of problems - so he doesn’t have a representative random sample size - and then extrapolating that to an entire product line or manufacturer. I’m not defending the manufacturers and their quality control, but it’s a logical error to use an instance of poor quality control and manufacturing fault and then say that’s an issue with build quality. It’s conflating two issues and without establishing a sound statistical basis (the cases of Cervelló tolerances and Shimano’s failing cranks aside).
That said, your response is bringing up points entirely apart from what I was mentioning. The design of this bike IS more traditional. In my personal opinion, it’s outdated, and I was getting at the fact that this design and this bike is outdone by several others. You can find “timeless” design done better by others, and you can find more modern designs that outperform this bike, leaving this bike in no man’s land.
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