2006 Look 496 Triathlon/TT (pics)

2006 496 Triathlon/TT (pics)

Thought it was about time to show this beast!
Yes its alive and man is it bloody fast, I cannot beleive the speeds this bike is capable of ,with the right legs low to mid 60’s on the flats are very very attainable.
After years of watching the 496 Track bikes rack up medals we can have this technology too.
The front of this bike with the Carbon Ergostem, the fork, headtube and headset have 21 patents alone.
Each one of these limited frames take 59 hrs of hand made labour. There will be only 500 for the world.
The whole purpose behind Look undertaking a Triathalon/TT bike like this was to create a bike that actually handles extremely well, with the completely adjustable front end and lower front stack you can actually careen this through descents with confidence.
Adjustable seat angle from 74-76.5.

Frame comes complete with fork, Carbon ergostem and Look carbon adjustable HA seatpost. MSRP should be in the early $4k USD (about the same price as last years 486 custom)

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That is one crazy looking headtube/stem/fork arrangement.

I need to change my underware…

Can that bike look any fucking more sexy? maybe with Mrs. Zakk nekkid on it…but other then that…

I agree…very hot bike…

Agreed. Very hot. It would be hotter, though, with a Zipp disc, FSA K-Force cranks (to match the black rings), and some Zero Gravity brakes.

How about that extra cut-out
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Dude, that is a crime on wheels! What are those wild looking blue and yellow pedals on the trainer behind it for? Something perverse I imagine from the size of them.

hey

you seem to know how to post pics on here
why won’t it work fork me with html tags?
cheers

that looks like a bjorn position.

is that just frame fork combo???for the price i mean.

No, no, no… That price is for the frame, fork, stem, headset AND seatpost…

Abomination!!!

Actually, it looks like some kind of fit-bike, with different holes drilled for different effective crankarm lengths.

good thing then. I think I’ll make look my next ride!.

The track version of this bike is $10,000. $4,000 with cable guides and road dropouts is a steal!

-SD

The track version of this bike is $10,000. $4,000 with cable guides and road dropouts is a steal!

-SD

yep you’re truly right on the money there, this bike wasn’t really even available to the public and it you did manage to get one of the limited runs they were over $10

when you consider it takes 59 hrs of hand made labour to make this bike, its quite a deal actually

ya relaly, my friends aunt is a distributer, i got that quote about the track bike, so initially i was gonna say forget look but now with the 4000$ thingy going on, i think ill have to make some calls.

Are you in the US? Does she work for Veltec?

I passed on a used US Nat’l team bike this year for $3500. There is a guy who races one of those Looks at our local track. It is just so darn sexy. I’ll keep my $3500 for the rear iO when it reaches the market and ride my Felt and Nagasawa until misfortune claims them.

no im in canada. The distributor works out of montreal.

You have one mistake. And one mistake only.
How many times have I said, Don’t put Hed aerobars on a Zipp bike?

Get some Ovals, and then I’ll give you a perfect ten.

Nagasawa until misfortune claims them.

A Nagasawa … track bikes don’t get any better than that. Did you get it from Nagasawa-san himself? If there was a Keirin track in Vegas, I’d still live down the street from Wayne Newton.