[look 171]

There a guy down here who is certify by Vitus to fix those bonded frames. I forgotten which, the Vitus or Alans from Italy that had a pin in there to keep them from coming apart. They flex lots. I had a Look KG 171 bonded carbon frame I raced and trained on back in the early or mid 90s. They were very comfortable and snaps back at you when you are off the saddle, but for a big rider, they were a flex-o-rama type frame. They were a lot stiffer then the Vitus I was told by people who had both. I beat the heck out of that look frame for a few years, and it held up very well with the exception of a slight surface paint cracks on the head tube lugs. It even survived a few major crashes on our training rides. Thankfully I did too. On those Vitus frames, about 50% of the people I talked to has issues with it, and many of them have no issues at all. IMO, I think it depends how hard you ride it. How much do you slow down or stay off the saddle when you hit that giant pot hole? Getting out of the saddle, flexing that poor frame every time coming out of a turn will shorten the lift span on that epoxy I suppose.

Oh, I forgot to mention, according to Steve, the Vitus man, the new epoxy is good for a very time. They do not come apart any longer.