I recently bought this vintage Look road bike because I've always had a love for Look bikes and also because it immediately caught my eye.
Het was echter niet zo éénvoudig om er informatie over te vinden, ook een groep op facebook voor liefhebbers en eigenaars van Look racefietsen kon mij geen correcte informatie geven.
Fortunately, there is still such a thing as the world wide web and I found the necessary correct information.
De Look racefiets in de kijker is een Look KG233, terug te vinden in de catalogi van 1998 en 1999 maar al terug verdwenen vanaf 2000 toen aluminium en carbon het van staal overnamen. Let ook op de Precisa voorvork die geïntroduceerd werd door Colnago in 1989, enkele jaren dus voordat ook Look die toepaste.
The only identical model I found was on the spanish website bicinova.blogspot. The bicycle has practically the same components and the author also refers to the 2nd half of the 1990s.
The bike is still in perfect condition, just like it came out of the shop. The frame is built with Columbus Gara tubes and the group on it is Campagnolo Avanti, at the time the cheapest group of Campagnolo and produced between 1995 and 1998.
The drinking bottles are also from Look, but new. The design matches perfectly with the colors of the frame.
Components
- frame: built with Columbus Gara tubes
- Shifters: Campagnolo Avanti
- Brake calipers Campagnolo Avanti
- Front Derailleur: Campagnolo Avanti
- Rear derailleur: Campagnolo Avanti
- Stem: Cinelli XA
- Handlebar: Cinelli Campione del Mondo
- Headset: Miche Primato
- Crankset: Campagnolo Avanti
- Quick release: Campagnolo Avanti
- Saddle: Arius Gran Carrera Special
- Seatpost: Sakae Ringyo Laprade
- Hubs Campagnolo Avanti
- Rims: Mavic CPX 11
Below you will find some more photos of the Look KG 233 road bike
