Look has supplied no public details on the P24 and did not reply to our request for comment in time for publication.<\/p>\n
A double seatpost?<\/h2>\n ![\"Look]( "\\"Look")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> The Look P24 uses a very unconventional twin-seatmast setup.<\/span><\/figcaption> Kyleigh Manners<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nThe bike\u2019s most striking feature is its double seatpost (technically a seatmast).<\/p>\n
The bladed aero seatposts sit proud of either side of the extended top tube. They clamp onto what appears to be a removable portion of the frame that sits on top of the seatstay wishbone.<\/p>\n
![\"Look]( "\\"Look")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Two seatmasts extend upward from what appears to be a removable portion of the frame.<\/span><\/figcaption> Jack Luke \/ Our Media<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nThe saddle then attaches to an extension on the top of the seatpost(s). This places the saddle in a more conventional position, offering fore\/aft adjustability.<\/p>\n
The design is, presumably, intended to minimise aerodynamic drag towards the rear of the bike.<\/p>\n
![\"Team]( "\\"Hope")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Team GB is also using a split seatpost in Glasgow.<\/span><\/figcaption> SWPix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nTeam GB is using a similar setup on its Hope HB.T Paris track bike<\/a>, though the split seatpost fits into the frame via a conventional single mast. Trek also took a similar approach with its Madone<\/a> aero road bike<\/a>.<\/p>\nIt is unclear why this portion of the Look P24 frame would be made removable, however.<\/p>\n
![\"Look]( "\\"Look")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> It appears the rearmost portion of the top tube and the upper part of the seat tube may be removable.<\/span><\/figcaption> Kyleigh Manners<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nWe assume any swappable section would be to enable riders to choose a conventional seatpost, but haven\u2019t seen a setup like this used in competition.<\/p>\n
The rear wheel is hugged by a cut-out in the rear of the seat tube, with the axle bolts shrouded by the deep track ends.<\/p>\n
Wide vs narrow debate set to emerge<\/h2>\n ![\"New]( "\\"New")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> The wide-stance fork is becoming a common sight on the track.<\/span><\/figcaption> Jack Luke \/ Our Media<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nThe fork is similar in profile to that seen on the Hope HB.T, with deep yet narrow blades sitting proud of the front wheel.<\/p>\n
However, unlike the British track squad\u2019s bike, the fork blades end at the crown, rather than extending to the top of the head tube.<\/p>\n
The fork attaches to the frame using a hinged setup similar to the existing T20.<\/p>\n
![\"Look]( "\\"Look")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> The hinged fork is similar to the existing T20.<\/span><\/figcaption> Kyleigh Manners<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nThere is a distinct divergence in design philosophies emerging on the track, with the likes of Hope, Look and the Japanese track squad all racing on wide-profile front ends.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Canyon has focused on reducing front-end width and is confident its testing has shown a narrower design to be faster.<\/p>\n
Look P24 track bike build<\/h2>\n ![\"Look]( "\\"Look")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> The cockpit attaches to the top of the stem.<\/span><\/figcaption> Kyleigh Manners<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nThe cockpit of the bike is centred around a flat and broad stem. This sits inside a divot moulded into the top tube of the bike and extends past this, sitting over the top tube.<\/p>\n
Either drop bars or an aero cockpit mount onto the top of the stem via four bolts.<\/p>\n
![\"GLASGOW,]( "\\"GLASGOW,")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> We\u2019ve also seen the French squad racing on a pursuit setup.<\/span><\/figcaption> Dean Mouhtaropoulos\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nThe aero-profiled tops of the drop bar used for mass start events flow into near-vertical ramps. The long drops attach to the hooks of the bar at a near-90-degree angle.<\/p>\n
The French national squad have been pictured racing on an aero cockpit, but we\u2019re yet to get a close look at their setup.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear if the bike uses Look\u2019s existing Zed 3 one-piece carbon crankset or a new design.<\/p>\n
The bike rolls on a pair of Corima disc wheels mounted with Vittoria Pista Speed tyres.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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![\"Look](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2023\/08\/Look-P24-french-track-bike--seatpost-5f0c9f4.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Look")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>The bike\u2019s most striking feature is its double seatpost (technically a seatmast).<\/p>\n
The bladed aero seatposts sit proud of either side of the extended top tube. They clamp onto what appears to be a removable portion of the frame that sits on top of the seatstay wishbone.<\/p>\n
![\"Look](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2023\/08\/New-Look-track-bike-1-of-2-977953d.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Look")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>The saddle then attaches to an extension on the top of the seatpost(s). This places the saddle in a more conventional position, offering fore\/aft adjustability.<\/p>\n
The design is, presumably, intended to minimise aerodynamic drag towards the rear of the bike.<\/p>\n
![\"Team](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2023\/07\/Hope-HB-T-Paris001CROP-6876443-9f3086e.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413\" "\\"Hope")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Team GB is using a similar setup on its Hope HB.T Paris track bike<\/a>, though the split seatpost fits into the frame via a conventional single mast. Trek also took a similar approach with its Madone<\/a> aero road bike<\/a>.<\/p>\n It is unclear why this portion of the Look P24 frame would be made removable, however.<\/p>\n We assume any swappable section would be to enable riders to choose a conventional seatpost, but haven\u2019t seen a setup like this used in competition.<\/p>\n The rear wheel is hugged by a cut-out in the rear of the seat tube, with the axle bolts shrouded by the deep track ends.<\/p>\n The fork is similar in profile to that seen on the Hope HB.T, with deep yet narrow blades sitting proud of the front wheel.<\/p>\n However, unlike the British track squad\u2019s bike, the fork blades end at the crown, rather than extending to the top of the head tube.<\/p>\n The fork attaches to the frame using a hinged setup similar to the existing T20.<\/p>\n There is a distinct divergence in design philosophies emerging on the track, with the likes of Hope, Look and the Japanese track squad all racing on wide-profile front ends.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Canyon has focused on reducing front-end width and is confident its testing has shown a narrower design to be faster.<\/p>\n The cockpit of the bike is centred around a flat and broad stem. This sits inside a divot moulded into the top tube of the bike and extends past this, sitting over the top tube.<\/p>\n Either drop bars or an aero cockpit mount onto the top of the stem via four bolts.<\/p>\n The aero-profiled tops of the drop bar used for mass start events flow into near-vertical ramps. The long drops attach to the hooks of the bar at a near-90-degree angle.<\/p>\n The French national squad have been pictured racing on an aero cockpit, but we\u2019re yet to get a close look at their setup.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear if the bike uses Look\u2019s existing Zed 3 one-piece carbon crankset or a new design.<\/p>\n The bike rolls on a pair of Corima disc wheels mounted with Vittoria Pista Speed tyres.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Unreleased Look P24 to be raced by French track team at 2023 World Championships <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52923,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"4"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/looks-new-track-bike-has-two-seatposts-and-a-wide-stance-fork.jpg",1800,1200,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/looks-new-track-bike-has-two-seatposts-and-a-wide-stance-fork-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/looks-new-track-bike-has-two-seatposts-and-a-wide-stance-fork-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/looks-new-track-bike-has-two-seatposts-and-a-wide-stance-fork-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/looks-new-track-bike-has-two-seatposts-and-a-wide-stance-fork-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/looks-new-track-bike-has-two-seatposts-and-a-wide-stance-fork-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/looks-new-track-bike-has-two-seatposts-and-a-wide-stance-fork.jpg",1800,1200,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Unreleased Look P24 to be raced by French track team at 2023 World Championships","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/52922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Look](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2023\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-08-03-at-17.09.34-4-847fefa-e1691158533898.jpeg?quality=90&resize=620%2C412\" "\\"Look")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Wide vs narrow debate set to emerge<\/h2>\n
![\"New](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2023\/08\/New-Look-track-bike-2-of-2-bffd272.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"New")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>![\"Look](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2023\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-08-03-at-17.09.36-1-494452f-e1691158448573.jpeg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Look")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Look P24 track bike build<\/h2>\n
![\"Look](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2023\/08\/Look-P24-track--front-view-c8b2d80.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Look")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>![\"GLASGOW,](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/21\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1589856347-698099c.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"GLASGOW,")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>
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