For 2008, the Look Keo Carbon Pedals gets a slight cosmetic
update. The keo carbon's 'cromo' graphic over the axle is replaced this year with
'Look.' For this year as well Look offers their pedals with the new Look
Keo Grip
Cleat. What’s great about the new Look Keo Grip Cleat is now it has
rubber pads
to help stop you from slipping when walking. This improvement further
reduces
the need to use cleat covers - which some of us here have troubles
putting on
but we won’t name names. The Keo Grip cleat still uses the same shape,
Teflon
and memory tab so it’s backwards compatible with older Look Keo Carbon Pedals.
The Look Keo Carbon pedal embodies the perfect balance between weight and performance. Twenty years ago when Look first invented the clipless pedal it then too was the benchmark for all others that followed. At one time Shimano pedals could use Look made cleats and today you see similarities again with Shimano’s use of a Look cleat look-alike (pun intended) in their SPD-SL design.
With the Look Keo Carbon's launch in 2005, Look re-established themselves as the pedal authority. Developing the keo pedal with an injection molded carbon body, famous Look bearings, ultra low stack height, and all at 115grams/pedal.
Look fans have been waiting for such an innovation. Where as in the past, Look pedals were always heavier than the competition, Look has set the bar for ultra light full carbon body pedals with their Look Keo Carbon Pedals!
The Look Keo Carbon's injection molded carbon body is light and stunning. The keo carbon's resulting stack height is considerably reduced. The Look Keo Carbon body is mated to a cromoly axle and runs silky smooth on the best bearings in the industry – or so we think.
This ultra low stack height is accompanied by a new cleat. The design is slightly smaller than the original delta cleat and has the addition of Teflon to reduce stick and noise. We think the new cleat is perfect and there are still no hot spot issues on your sole. In addition to the Teflon and slight reduction in size, Look has added a cleat memory tab. This part stays stuck to your shoe sole and makes changing cleats much simpler.
The end result is the Look Keo Carbon pedal/cleat combination that is light, quiet, stunning in appearance, easy to clip in, and out and reasonably priced. We are hard pressed to find a better product.