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Posts Tagged ‘titanium’

Lynskey Titanium has gone!

Lynskey Titanium has gone!

That’s right.. it has gone. After being on the market for a number of months now….. it has a new owner. Last night was a bit frantic with rushing home to strip the bike and then cycle down to the city with the frame in a back pack for the local bike shop to whack [...]


Lynskey Titanium – it has wings I tell ya!

Lynskey Titanium – it has wings I tell ya!

I rode Bottlelake on the SS yesterday in the mud and wet…. but woke to brilliant sunshine today and could not resist taking the Lynskey for a spin after 3+ months of waiting for the new frame under warranty. After telling myself to take it easy and just do a bit of riding…it turned into [...]


Lynskey working its magic?

Lynskey working its magic?

After being really disappointed with the visual characteristics of the Lynskey frame yesterday… I awoke early this morning to a eery kind of light in my study. The Lynskey was half built hanging in the workstand shining like something from the story of King Arther. Can this bike be working some kind of magic? Bahhhhhh!!!!! [...]


Lynskey Titanium take 2

Lynskey Titanium take 2

After waiting close to 3 months for a warranty replacement this arrived this afternoon! Sadly it required a trip (and another cost ontop of the $70 postage to the NZ distributor) to my local bike shop to tap out the bottom bracket though as Lynskey seemed to have used a blunt tool during the $4000.00 [...]


Ooooh it’ s dark and stuff

Ooooh it’ s dark and stuff

It has been a weird week. Having a cold and watching bike bling from overseas arrive daily for the new Cove build has just been plain depressing *strokes shiny goodness* No matter how much ice cream one inhales while watching back to back movies – it’s just no substitute for the wind blowing through your [...]




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