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Pro bike: Thor Hushovd’s Crédit Agricole Look 595 Pro Team Edition, July 7, 2008

Thor Hushovd's Look 595
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Look has traditionally made its frames
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Despite looking slender
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Like many in the peloton now
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The down tube is the largest on the bike
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In contrast the top tube is slender
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The chain stays are profiled for rear end stiffness
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The Look's seat stays
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A rear monostay
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The Look 595's dropouts are all carbon
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The Look HSC6 fork is all carbon
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Look's E-Post
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At last Dura-Ace 7900 is here!
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Dura-Ace 7900 levers are angled outwards
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The new lever hoods are wider for more comfort.
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Thor Hushovd's drivetrain is pure
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The new 7900 chainset
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One of the ways Shimano has lightened its new groupset
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The 7900 front derailleur
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Shimano has made the 7900 rear derailleur
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Hushovd is using an 11-23T cassette
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The finished front brake
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The new 7900 brakes look similar
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Hushovd's set up is all Shimano
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Dura-Ace front hubs
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Hushovd has the deep section C50
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Tyres come from Continental
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Crédit Agricole uses
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As a six-footer
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… and being a big star
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Like many sprinters
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… and of course
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To get his position just right
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Selle Italia provides Hushovd
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It looks very much like
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To keep the frame's lines neat
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… and both gear cables
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Look uses its own
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… and when you ride with the power that Hushovd does
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Thor is a big chap
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Look doesn't just make bike frames
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Hushovd's bottles are held in place
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Normally this name
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