Who Rides a Look 585 in TANGERINE?
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Who Rides a Look 585 in TANGERINE?
I just bought an NOS Look 585 optimum and I'm waiting for Fed X to deliver it. However, as I did my research over the last month or so I kept stumbling across the Tangerine color. I know it's probably a pretty polarizing color and normally orange or anything in the red spectrum doesn't appeal to me. So it's strange that I have really fallen for this color.
Anyone ride one? Does it make you faster? Do you get comments on it (love or hate)? Got pics?
Thanks!
Anyone ride one? Does it make you faster? Do you get comments on it (love or hate)? Got pics?
Thanks!
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Gorgeous. Orange is faster than any other color. Metallic is faster than any other finish. Combined = mind blown.
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zrossiter, thanks for the hard work. I do believe this color looks a bit better in the sunlight.
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Here's another pic that I think come pretty close to how this color actually looks. Now who has an XS for sale?
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I like orange, I just dont like the metallic finish...though the second pic posted by smoore is better looking than the one I found
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Looks much better here.
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A bike like that could fulfill someone's Tangerine Dream.
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No opinion about the color, but I've had my 585 Optimum for over two years, and it's a really sweet bike.
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I was thinking burnt orange too. But the red pedals in the first pic certainly aren't helping. That being said I could turn that frameset into a hot bike. Just think Dura-Ace grey..yum.
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I'd ride it. That's a gorgeous colour.
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LOOK 585 Tangerine
I just bought an NOS Look 585 optimum and I'm waiting for Fed X to deliver it. However, as I did my research over the last month or so I kept stumbling across the Tangerine color. I know it's probably a pretty polarizing color and normally orange or anything in the red spectrum doesn't appeal to me. So it's strange that I have really fallen for this color.
Anyone ride one? Does it make you faster? Do you get comments on it (love or hate)? Got pics?
Thanks!
Anyone ride one? Does it make you faster? Do you get comments on it (love or hate)? Got pics?
Thanks!
Late to the party here. Just picked one up last week (Medium/Record Titanium). I was concerned it might be on the big side but fits me well. Prior to adjustment, the handling was a bit awkward but I dialed it in pretty well. I love the color and it rides like a dream: soft, light, and responsive. My other rides are Litespeed Firenze & Madone 5.5 but the LOOK outrides them all for me.
P.S. Mine is Tangerine which I LOVE! Pictures coming soon.
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Late to the party here. Just picked one up last week (Medium/Record Titanium). I was concerned it might be on the big side but fits me well. Prior to adjustment, the handling was a bit awkward but I dialed it in pretty well. I love the color and it rides like a dream: soft, light, and responsive. My other rides are Litespeed Firenze & Madone 5.5 but the LOOK outrides them all for me.
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Thanks, still love my 585. Obviously color doesn't really make a difference and I'm happy with Black and Blue. But if another in my size were to come along in red or orange I might still pull the trigger. Hope you enjoy yours inrissk!
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Late to the party here. Just picked one up last week (Medium/Record Titanium). I was concerned it might be on the big side but fits me well. Prior to adjustment, the handling was a bit awkward but I dialed it in pretty well. I love the color and it rides like a dream: soft, light, and responsive. My other rides are Litespeed Firenze & Madone 5.5 but the LOOK outrides them all for me.
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