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With the G85 Cezal, LOOK unveils a new carbon gravel bike aimed at covering a very wide range of uses. The French brand clearly isn’t trying to multiply platforms or to split the range between a race bike and an adventure rig. Its choice is simpler – and probably clearer commercially: offer a single bike that feels at home across varied terrain and riding styles.
On paper, the G85 Cezal ticks many of today’s expected boxes: carbon frame, internal cable routing, an integrated storage compartment in the down tube, 1x or 2x compatibility, generous tyre clearance and the option to fit a suspension fork up to 60 mm. LOOK adds its in-house line about a “balanced” geometry designed to blend stability, efficiency and control.
🚀 In brief:
LOOK launches the G85 Cezal, a new carbon gravel bike conceived as a single model able to cover a very broad range of uses.
The frame claims clearance up to 50 mm at the rear in 1x, 45 mm in 2x, and up to 57 mm at the front.
The platform focuses on a balanced geometry, compatibility with a suspension fork up to 60 mm, and several build options.
The first point to note is the bike’s positioning. LOOK embraces a logic of total versatility. The G85 Cezal is not presented as a pure race gravel nor as a pure adventure workhorse. It aims to go everywhere, with a platform open enough to accept very different builds.
The bike accepts a single or double chainring, which already lets you steer it either toward a sportier, more minimalist build, or toward a more road-focused or fast-rolling use. Same logic on the tyre side, with telling figures: up to 57 mm at the front, 50 mm at the rear with a 1x drivetrain, and 45 mm at the rear in 2x.
LOOK isn’t boxing itself into a narrow gravel concept designed only for fast races on white roads. The G85 Cezal can clearly stretch to more open, rougher, even more demanding terrain.
In its design, the G85 Cezal picks up a good share of modern carbon gravel cues. You get internal routing, an integrated storage compartment, a structure intended to keep clean visual lines, and a platform compatible with a suspension fork.
This compatibility with a suspension fork up to 60 mm shows that LOOK wants to leave the door open to more technical builds. That isn’t a detail. Few riders will actually fit a suspension fork, but the very possibility gives a clear indication of the frame’s brief: the bike wasn’t designed solely for smooth tracks or very fast-rolling gravel.
The 3D Wave System highlighted by the brand also contributes to this promise of comfort and control, even if, at this stage, we’ll need real-world tests to measure what this solution actually brings to the bike’s behaviour. As so often, this kind of technology deserves better than a marketing line: what will matter is its concrete translation into vibration damping, stability and efficiency.
LOOK offers its G85 Cezal in several versions, from frameset to more ambitious builds. The entry level starts at 3,499 euros with a mechanical GRX 1×12 groupset and a Fulcrum Lite GR 2WF wheelset. The frameset is listed at 2,390 euros.
Higher up the range, you’ll notably find a GRX Di2 2×12 build at 5,799 euros, then a SRAM Force 1×13 version with a Fulcrum Soniq Carbon 2WF wheelset at 6,499 euros.
Overall, the spec-to-price ratio is sound. LOOK isn’t arriving here with a proposition totally disconnected from the market, and that’s a pleasant surprise in a segment where some brands have taken to hiking prices faster than the real value of the builds.
That doesn’t mean everything is flawless. On the top-of-the-line version, you can regret the absence of a one-piece cockpit. At this price, that kind of integration is almost a perceived standard, whether you like it or not. Its absence isn’t a deal-breaker, but it can make the build feel a little less exclusive than the tag suggests. That said, we’ve seen some riders on social media using the bar-and-stem combo from the French brand’s road model.
You could also question a weight that seems relatively high (8.7 kg on the top-of-the-line version), as well as the lack of key information on the spec sheets, such as crank length, handlebar width, stem length,…
With the G85 Cezal, LOOK isn’t trying to build the most radical gravel bike on the market, nor the purest in terms of narrowly defined use. The French brand is instead offering a wide-spectrum gravel bike, in step with the segment’s recent evolution. It’s a bike that seems as keen to reassure as to entice, providing a base that can absorb many different kinds of riding.
The whole package looks well conceived, with sensible pricing and genuine technical versatility.
LOOK delivers a gravel bike that appears well placed for riders who want one bike to do almost everything. Not necessarily the most exclusive or the sharpest for a specific niche, but probably one of the most coherent options if you’re after a modern, open and versatile machine.
| Riding style | Versatile gravel |
|---|---|
| Frame | Carbon |
| Electric assist | No |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Year | 2026 |
| Model | Look G85 Cezal – Shimano GRX, Look G85 Cezal – SRAM Force |
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