Lynskey Cooper?
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Lynskey Cooper?
Right now my only bike is a Surly Cross-Check that I love, but built with touring and utility in mind. Consequently it weighs 32ish pounds which seems like a lot to me as I am only 140 myself. I want to buy a lighter bike for when I'm just riding to ride/for fitness. I'll be doing mostly 30 to 50 mile rides. I want a frame that will last years, and titanium seems to be the way to go. I don't distrust carbon by any means, but I am pretty hard on my Surly (luckily it seems to be bulletproof) and do occasionally fall over. My price range is going to be a little shy of 3000 and I'll have to wait until around Christmas. I was excited to read about the Lynskey Cooper, it looks like a really great deal. A Ti frame from a respected builder with a lifetime warranty for under 1600 with a quality fork. I would love to try the rival group out, and it looks like that can be done with reasonably high quality wheels and etc for under 3000. I won't get a chance to visit a Lynskey dealer until late August though. Anyone ridden one/ heard anything? I can't seem to find too much about the bike. Also any recommendations of other ti bikes to check out would be much appreciated. I wasn't as impressed with the Xicon as I am with the Cooper. Not too sure if I'd be willing to chance getting a used bike off of Ebay (I'm still figuring out how I like my bike fitted and having only owned one bike am afraid to try and size myself to a frame without even having it physically in front of me).
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Right now my only bike is a Surly Cross-Check that I love, but built with touring and utility in mind. Consequently it weighs 32ish pounds which seems like a lot to me as I am only 140 myself. I want to buy a lighter bike for when I'm just riding to ride/for fitness. I'll be doing mostly 30 to 50 mile rides. I want a frame that will last years, and titanium seems to be the way to go. I don't distrust carbon by any means, but I am pretty hard on my Surly (luckily it seems to be bulletproof) and do occasionally fall over. My price range is going to be a little shy of 3000 and I'll have to wait until around Christmas. I was excited to read about the Lynskey Cooper, it looks like a really great deal. A Ti frame from a respected builder with a lifetime warranty for under 1600 with a quality fork. I would love to try the rival group out, and it looks like that can be done with reasonably high quality wheels and etc for under 3000. I won't get a chance to visit a Lynskey dealer until late August though. Anyone ridden one/ heard anything? I can't seem to find too much about the bike. Also any recommendations of other ti bikes to check out would be much appreciated. I wasn't as impressed with the Xicon as I am with the Cooper. Not too sure if I'd be willing to chance getting a used bike off of Ebay (I'm still figuring out how I like my bike fitted and having only owned one bike am afraid to try and size myself to a frame without even having it physically in front of me).
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Going from a 32 pounder to something sub-20 - and at your weight - will be a huge difference in comfort and speed. Your body+bike now weigh around 180. A 12 lb reduction is around a 7% reduction in weight. That will feel incredible on hills and climbs. An Lynskeys are awesome, too. Buy it and go ride it and smile a lot
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Half, Thank you, and good call. I am going to go ahead and email the Lynskey dealer.
Drag, I would jump on that deal, but the R230 lacks the awesome clover leaf drop outs... Honestly though, I only have 700 dollars saved for the bike at this point and I'll have to hope real hard for another promo when I have enough cash at hand to make use of it.
Mark, I haven't spent much time on sub-30 pound bikes, but I am really hoping it will make hills easier and let me go just a little faster.
Drag, I would jump on that deal, but the R230 lacks the awesome clover leaf drop outs... Honestly though, I only have 700 dollars saved for the bike at this point and I'll have to hope real hard for another promo when I have enough cash at hand to make use of it.
Mark, I haven't spent much time on sub-30 pound bikes, but I am really hoping it will make hills easier and let me go just a little faster.
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Timely thread....I've been lusting after a Cooper also.
I've noticed that the head tube is a little long - 13cm on the small version I think. I don't want a necessarily "twitchy" ride, but I don't want something that handles so slow, or has me so upright that I'm not comfortable and isn't fun. I don't race, but I like "performance based" handling and like to cruise at (what I consider) fast tempos in a fairly aero position on the bike. Unfortunately there's no Lynskey dealer near me for a test ride.
I'd jump at the R230 also but I'm not ready to pull the trigger yet.
David
I've noticed that the head tube is a little long - 13cm on the small version I think. I don't want a necessarily "twitchy" ride, but I don't want something that handles so slow, or has me so upright that I'm not comfortable and isn't fun. I don't race, but I like "performance based" handling and like to cruise at (what I consider) fast tempos in a fairly aero position on the bike. Unfortunately there's no Lynskey dealer near me for a test ride.
I'd jump at the R230 also but I'm not ready to pull the trigger yet.
David