How Are Carbon Bike Pedals Made? | Look Cycle Factory Tour
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- How is a carbon fibre road bike pedal made? Well, look no further... GCN takes a look around the LOOK Cycle headquarters in France and their production facility in Tunisia, to get a thorough insight into the manufacture of carbon pedals.
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What did you find most fascinating about the LOOK factory tour?
funny that they decided to reappoint you for advertising their brand after last time’s blunder!
quality control. Hope those tested pedals don't enter the market with 2,000,000 cycles on it.
Seeing the very first pair of look pedals.
I owned a pair of these, even then they looked like a huge wedge but worked faultlessly for years, then moved onto the Carbon pros (which were also superb).
Back then, these were one of the best purchases i made for my road bike.
@@DanRC69 bet they cost a huge wedge too!
I can't believe EVERY pedal goes thru quality control, if they did it would take 15+ days to put together and you'd be buying USED pedals! LOL
Always love gcn videos showing how things are made in factory. Makes people understand the price the products command and appreciates the tech and lengthy process that goes into producing them
GCN: Send Ollie to more factories. Great naration.
03:45 I think we all know someone like that at work.... in the background and trying to look busy.....😂😂😂😂
Guessing he's the boss, you can see him on the phone at 9:17 asking someone who the hell 'GCN' are...
@@GTiR23 well obviously it's someone with a higher rank, everyone with a lower rank is too scared to lose their jobs when they don't do anything ;)
Just walking around aimlessly. lol
Hey GCN: A comparison between the different brands of clipp in pedals would be welcome: weight, height, aero properties, user feedback, etc
Great video Ollie! I started on Look in 1986! Thanks for the history lesson and the behind the scenes. The testing/QC process was fascinating.
Thanks T-bone 👊
Cool and awesome as always!
The production of LOOK carbon road bike pedals look fascinating... I like it!
I've been riding on a pair of Keo Look Classic for years and I love them. Really interesting video.
hahah i just received my new look keo carbon pedals!...thanks for the vid guys!
Found this bizarrely fascinating. These are my pedals and they’re great and superbly serviceable.
Love how excited Ollie gets about his work!
Very interesting video. Ty. I use Look pedals and have never ever got any problems with them. Top quality. Now I know why.
alain pfammatter I’ve seen Leo blade carbon plated fail --can’t be repaired on the road- too many parts attached that can fail in the real world
Very interesting history on the lowly clipless pedal!
More of these please. Love it
Lovely video. Well done Ollie.
Great video. Love my LOOK pedals, have them on all of my bikes, getting new bike soon and will have them on it also. LOOK or nothing.
"...wraps things up nicely!"
Ya got me there
GREAT VIDEO, I love seeing quality products made! Interesting history report too! The quality control outstanding, makes it clear you get what you pay for. Have you seen the Cinelli M-71 pedals? They pre-date Look and are clipless, but no quick release. They locked you in place for track racing, no accidental release.
Nice pedals. I hadn’t given them a thought, but I will now. Thank you
Nice LOOK at the LOOK factory
Nice job Ollie, would like to know how many of those pedals go for 2 weeks of stress test per batch? What is their mean time for failure? Someday would like to get me a pair of these carbon bike pedals, they look very cool. Great video!
Great video
Following you as always..go GCN from the Philippines
@Unliahon Kapayak
The press is imPRESSive :)
Awesome pedals, I'm very satisfied with mines!
I started with Look many moons ago. What do you guys view as the best clipless pedal? I’m in love with my speedplays
Ollie, congratulations!
You’ve just won the hair combat between all presenters!
Most fascinating was how skinny Ollie been :). Is it because the upcoming GCN challenge or the climb challenge? However go all in Ollie!
love to see production of more items, tires, components , etc. Where can i get my hands on one of those jackets?
Noted Joe. They're in our online shop at shop.globalcyclingnetwork.com ✌️
Great one Ollie. I am surprised you didn’t mentioned why the Mondrian logo of the brand. I love the blade pedals. Super light and comfortable.
Thanks Sandro, glad you enjoyed the video!
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I have Look 2Max Blade pedals that use the cabon spring blades.
These pedals have the pre fixed tension settings that cannot be adjusted.
The problem I have is that the spring tension of one is different from the other.
And there is no way I can change this.
Hi Ollie, I just worked it out Look has been a big part of my life with bicycles, 13 year old me went all by my self with my new birthday present race bike to Peerless cycles in 1987 the obviously knowledgeable South African gent sold me a pair of Sidi shoes which i still own and a boxy pair of grey looks (stolen with the bike a few years later) I still own the Look Arcs which I replaced them with in the 90s. PS You should have a Science fight with Si maybe he can add some practicality to your theory, lets make industry recommendations to improve durability and value for money.
Anyone have thoughts on the Look SPD vs Shimano SPD? I won a set of Look ones through racing and trying to figure out whether to sell the Look unused, or change from my Shimano. Thx.
Great video GCN. I still use look delta. 👍
Cool! Thanks Mark - really pleased you liked the video.
Fascinating. I love these factory vids. Interesting to see the quality control. Next time you wonder why one pedal is more expensive than some no name brand (discounting the marketing spend), QA has a lot to do with it and you can be sure that your pedals are more than likely to keep working for a good while.
p.s. i don’t own a pair of Looks, just prefer Time but you can’t say they’re not a solid product.
Excellent
Nice one, Ollie ;-)
130,000km on my Keo 2 and still going 💪 perfect without any servicing. :-)
Love my keo blades.
I'm trying to deicide which pedal to use on my Specialized Flat Bar Sirrus Elite? I would like to try the keo max 2 but I like the freedom of flat pedal so I can just jump on the bike and ride without having to put on special shoes.
I wonder what brand of bearings they use. I believe they use NTN for their BB bearings
VIVA LOOK !!!
Let's go have a look.
I tried Look pedals cept the back plate worn down (which hooks to the back of the cleat) - the carbon spring of the top pedals is too stiff on it, and on the front of the pedal, the cleat wears the inner section of the front of the carbon body tho Shimano's wears a bit better. You've got to keep carbon-body pedals pretty clean!
Likey Looky!! Seems they copied TWIX with Left and Right only coming together at the end! Nice one Ollie..
Thanks for making a boring topic more interesting :)
Haha.... Thanks?
Is that a Crank Brothers Eggbeater under Ollie's left hand at 0:52 or a Look knockoff of it?
Are the two Look factories the only places Ollie can teleport between?
Just ordered them they day before 😀😀
Good timing!
I do use their cleats.... But its because I ride Garmin Vector 3 pedals :-)
I just love to hear left "hand" and right "hand" pedals 🙃
Antoine Molinatti another great step for mankind.
We should probably refer to left-foot and right-foot brake levers, to compensate for this.
well i guess it looks like the only right solution left
What will be the first part of the pedal that will wear out and how much does it cost to replace it?
The cleats. About $25
Cool
The clip-in-clip-out test is all well and good, but what about the test where a pair of cleats walks across a coffee shop car park 1,000,000 times?
I owned a pair on their original white pedals back in 1987, and changed to TIME then they hit the market a year later...If only LOOK would manufacture different length spindles for their road pedals, so us folks who are broader across the beams could have the correct Q-Factor...
12:20 Wait, so that's a box of right pedals?
Has anyone worked out how to remove the axel endcaps on the blade 2 (2nd gen) pedals? This video shows them being pressed in, is a special tool needed to extract them?
They are pushed in and stay by friction.
You can simply pop them out with a very small and thin screwdriver.
@@janwillemkuilenburg7561 yeah I can do that with the 1st gen blade 2s but haven't succeeded doing it with the 2nd gen blade 2s. I dig in with a small flat head screwdriver but it refuses to budge. Feels like i will destroy the end cap if I dig in more agressively.
The first generation you needed to remove the cup because that was the way to release the nut that hold the axle in position. The second generation (the one in this great video) can not be removed, the way to take the axle out is to be able to unscrew the cup-holder from the inside of the pedal but you have to find a tool to unscrew it. I believe the threads are left and right handed and also the thread is glue (not permanently). I have not done myself, but this video was very informative for what not to do.
I have ordered my Look Keo Ti Carbon Pedals. Along with a 12 speed Ultegra Di2 Groupset/ Rotor ALDHU Crankset instead of Ultegra. Lighter & stronger
Have you considered also doing a tour of www.timesport.fr, facilities to see how this other iconic brand does it ?
#timesport #timecycling
Great idea!
Just before it will be closed and the frame production sent to Slovakia ;(
@@thibaultpiona7983
TIME Frames are all hand made as well as the actual carbon are all produced and controlled in house in their factory in France
Their LATEST OSMOS shoes #timecycling are hand made in Italy at Rossignol factory that now owns
www.timesport.fr and FELT BICYCLES
@@andrewlipsiner9791 Unfortunately it has been announced recently, the frame production is going to be made in Slovakia in their own factory due to sales trouble www.francebleu.fr/infos/economie-social/bientot-la-fin-des-velos-time-fabriques-en-isere-1549912620 Concerning the new Osmos, they are indeed designed in Italy but made in a romanian factory owned by Time and Lange www.matosvelo.fr/index.php?post/2698/osmos-time-renoue-avec-une-gamme-de-chaussures
Totally agree!
Where are the pedal bodies injection molded at?
LOOK is a good product. I have some KEO Blades. The only complaint is that the packaging for the screws and washers was bad. They were loose in the bottom of the pedal box and one washer fell out into the shipping box. Please suggest to LOOK that they should improve this. If plastic is the issue than use a paper bag or attach the screws and washers to a card.
Please what is the width of the tire?
I use the Keo 2 pedals.. Super light pedals, but just like how the pros put tape/sticky bar tape on them, the pedals have slide to slide play when pushing the power up hill :\
super nice video
shimano or look?
Shimano
Look
Ring that bell! Thanks dude.
Speedplay
Run Keo 2 Blade pedals on the road bike, and X-Track Race Carbon on my "gravel bike"
Just ordered a pair of carbon with titanium spindles. Need to knock off a few grams.
Next time show us close ups of the legendary bikes you can see in the background!
Interesting seeing all the testing - although my brothers look pedals failed on him, causing him to crash and lose a heap of skin and damage his bike... so maybe they need to do some even tougher testing...
Please don't upset brand's dude, it blows my mind after watching this video how people shit on China making stuff... None of this is ground breaking. Hope he recovered
Oh Look! GCN made a video about the Look pedal manufacturer! LOOK WHERE ? LOOK IS EVERYWHERE!
Please review giant factory and Giant TCR advanced 1 disk please please please
What happens when you pedal backwards with Keo Blades??? You Look Kool... 😳🤦🏼♂️
I. Using carbon look pedals.. very light and durable
Have you folks at gcn looked at time road bike pedals? They also make great carbon pedals. Look pedals are not the only great pedal in the world. Perhaps a test?
#AskGCNTech Hi guys! Can I use Ultegra RX rear derailleur with a 105 R7000 groupset?
Yes. Works flawlessly. Shifting will be a bit harder, if you activate the clutch though
productinfo.shimano.com/#/com/3.8?cid=C-453&acid=C-454 works perfectly
Snow skiing to road biking I could see that
Look, man, stop saying it so many times. And I grin, marveling that this video already has hundreds of likes and thousands of looks.
Hahahhaa
Ollie looks like the airline lost his luggage!
What would you prefer shimano ultegra spd-sl or look keo blade?
Plaickner Simon Speedplay Zero
@@prestachuck2867 no
Plaickner Simon Yes.
@@prestachuck2867 why? Heavier and less comfortable to walk
Plaickner Simon Not heavier depending upon model, more aero and easier to walk in with v.2 Zero Walkable cleats. More float or less available due to fully adjustable cleat float with heel-in and heel-out being independently adjustable to the most minute degree. Fully serviceable and rebuildable. Customizable with many different length spindles to optimize q-factore/stance width. Fore-aft adaptor plates available for those who prefer mid-foot positioning. No possibility of unintended release while sprinting. Double-sided self-centering design for faster and easier entry. Lower stack height for better bio position. But use what works for you.
we need a GCN Olie and GMBN Blake collaboration
I used look keo classic pedals for a while and i loved thecoefaks but the cleats just wear out too fast and are expensive. I now use time and shimano but i miss the action of look. If look can get cheaper and longer lasting cleats to the customer id consider giving them a g again
Is Olli a dad? Because, you know... all the dad jokes
Richard Mathie not that I know of... 😏
OLLIE! OLLIE! OLLIE!
I had a pair of the Look EggBeaters on my Single Speed CX bike. They weren't on the bike when the police returned it :(
With all that testing it’s a pity Look don’t do a waterproof/sweat test. The last 4 sets of Keo Blade 2 Carbon/Ti pedals that I bought were all sent back with seized/graining bearings within 6 months of purchase. I sweat a lot and live in Malaysia but that’s no excuse with their most expensive top end pedals. I use Speedplay now which I love because I can service them myself whenever they need it. Super easy to do compared to Look pedals that cannot be serviced!
It went together easily in less than an hour. th-cam.com/users/postUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L Make sure the front fork is forward or the pedals will hit the front tire. Tires are both a little soft so it needs air before I ride it. The rear wheel didn't come with a clamp regular bolts hold it on. The front had the clamp. No scratches out of box. Rims are a little off with a slight wobble. They could have spent more time with the spoke tool fixing the run out. So far out of the box I'm happy with it. I did replace the pedals with a nice aftermarket set. After riding it a bit my A$$ is a bit sore so I ordered another seat. Overall I'm nearly 60 and didn't ride a bike in 30 years. I like my new 29" Schwinn. It will be used for casual rides with my friend.
4:35 Lasty is that you???
That would be hilarious if they started dropping Lasty Easter eggs in their videos. 😁
I'm a bit surprised they're making them in France, and not China or Vietnam or something.
Why did they have a table full of look pedals and two pairs of crank Bros egg beaters on display. Is it because they are lighter or just look better.
Probably was to do a weight comparison to show how blade pedals are lighter, but someone probably realized Crank Bros have sponsored GCN/GMBN before and cut that segment out.
la chiave per smontare il perno e lubrificarlo? Non si trova da nessuna parte!!!!
will you ask them why they can not fix bloody loose bearing in their keo/blade pedals? :)
I would lose all my fingers the first week working those machines.
As much as I’d like to upgrade my pedals idk if I can stomach buying a nice carbon set that I can’t adjust to my liking.
Viewing game: Every time "Look" is said in a pun take a drink
What is oille like shaking his head 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
what about Time pedal Factory tour
speedplay !!
Would you look at that
Someone please explain to me why every keo padal has so much slop between the pedal body and axle right after you ride them the first time. Every pair I’ve seen has this same issue. My mind is blown…$400 pedals…
Lots of haters but I love my LOOK pedals
So many unimpressed french factory workers at Ollie's antics . xD
it’s a wonder they didn’t go on strike and block the local autoroute
Well would you Look at that