LOOK Quartz

[Mr LOOK]

Just thought I'd share the following with you guys. The highlighted riders below were all using the LOOK Quartz pedals during this years Cape Epic.

[Mr LOOK]

.....and we've got our own World Champion riding the Quartz...also known as the CAVEMAN - Conrad Stoltz

[Big J-WP]

Must say Mr LOOK changed to the look MTB pedals 3 months ago and since then I have not pulled my foot out once. I was ryd-ing another brand previous to that and pulled my foot out atleast twice on every ride. Only mistake I made was to buy the white ones, (Come on they were on special) but they did look cool in the box. Now I have a set of off white creame looking almost brown pedals. Will buy black or grey next time round.

 

thanks

 

Justin

[Mr LOOK]

Must say Mr LOOK changed to the look MTB pedals 3 months ago and since then I have not pulled my foot out once. I was ryd-ing another brand previous to that and pulled my foot out atleast twice on every ride. Only mistake I made was to buy the white ones, (Come on they were on special) but they did look cool in the box. Now I have a set of off white creame looking almost brown pedals. Will buy black or grey next time round.

 

thanks

 

Justin

Thanks for the feedback Justin! I do agree....the White pedals are great for posing the day when you buy them...but they do get dirty pretty quick. Handy Andy will help a bit though.

[Christie]

I've been on Looks for a week now, and I still like them. They offer a huge platform to step on, for very little weight, which is impressive. Un-clipping is different than with eggbeaters, I find that if I pull back with my foot and then rotate it, I clip out easily, but if I just try to rotate, its not so easy to unclip. Something to get used to. I have not done much technical riding yet, will see how that goes.

[Mr LOOK]

I've been on Looks for a week now, and I still like them. They offer a huge platform to step on, for very little weight, which is impressive. Un-clipping is different than with eggbeaters, I find that if I pull back with my foot and then rotate it, I clip out easily, but if I just try to rotate, its not so easy to unclip. Something to get used to. I have not done much technical riding yet, will see how that goes.

Thanks for the feedback Christie.

[SwissVan]

@ someone who has used Time Atacs - How do they compare to Time Atacs?

 

Seem to be very similar systems

[Christie]

Feedback after riding Sani2c on Looks:

Pro:

-Huge platform is fantastic, it felt like I had a lot of pedal under my foot to pedal against.

-Very very good mud clearence. We had some mud on the route, had to walk in it here ant there. I did not have to bang my shoe against the pedals at all (like with Shimanos)

-I never had trouble with clipping out quickly. I tried to ride a lot of the water crossings, but some had huge hidden rocks, but I managed to clip out in time to prevent a swim. I saw more than one rider falling over in the water, don't know what pedals they had.

 

Con:

-One cleat came loose. I am meticulous about my equipment set-up, I have all the tools, 2 torque wrenches, etc, it was well fastened. I recon the thick plastic spacer my shoes need under the cleat was the culprit. With the spacer in, the cleat touches the ground when walking, so on rocks/cement/hard surface this may work the cleat loose. The other issue is that the thick plastic spacer may make it more difficult to get the correct pre-load. I am going to use some loctite on the bolts, but I will go buy some countersinks from Screwman that takes a 4mm Allan key. The supplied cleat bolts take a 3mm one, which could strip with loctite.

 

Things I can't comment about yet:

-Durability, I have not had them that long. They saw plenty of water and mud, will have to see how they last.

-I found them more difficult to clip in than eggbeaters. This may just be because I am not used to the Looks yet.

 

Conclusion:

I like them very much so far, low weight, big platform and mud clearence is superb, and the few small issues I have can be overcome.

[Mr LOOK]

Feedback after riding Sani2c on Looks:

Pro:

-Huge platform is fantastic, it felt like I had a lot of pedal under my foot to pedal against.

-Very very good mud clearence. We had some mud on the route, had to walk in it here ant there. I did not have to bang my shoe against the pedals at all (like with Shimanos)

-I never had trouble with clipping out quickly. I tried to ride a lot of the water crossings, but some had huge hidden rocks, but I managed to clip out in time to prevent a swim. I saw more than one rider falling over in the water, don't know what pedals they had.

 

Con:

-One cleat came loose. I am meticulous about my equipment set-up, I have all the tools, 2 torque wrenches, etc, it was well fastened. I recon the thick plastic spacer my shoes need under the cleat was the culprit. With the spacer in, the cleat touches the ground when walking, so on rocks/cement/hard surface this may work the cleat loose. The other issue is that the thick plastic spacer may make it more difficult to get the correct pre-load. I am going to use some loctite on the bolts, but I will go buy some countersinks from Screwman that takes a 4mm Allan key. The supplied cleat bolts take a 3mm one, which could strip with loctite.

 

Things I can't comment about yet:

-Durability, I have not had them that long. They saw plenty of water and mud, will have to see how they last.

-I found them more difficult to clip in than eggbeaters. This may just be because I am not used to the Looks yet.

 

Conclusion:

I like them very much so far, low weight, big platform and mud clearence is superb, and the few small issues I have can be overcome.

Thanks Christie!

Edited May 22, 2011 by Mr LOOK

[CYCLERENT SERVICES]

I have tried all the mtb pedals on the market and my pedal of choice is also the Quartz.

 

I dont even have a mtb anymore but I made sure I sold it without my pedals.

[gummibear]

I love my Quartz pedals but should not have bought the white ones.They a b!tch to keep clean.

Edited May 27, 2011 by gummibear

[Mr LOOK]

Thanks for the feedback guys!