i tried the litespeed vortex years ago stunning bike, to be honest steel is my prefaired material but i would certainly love to own that lynskey seems a lot of thought went into it, might be a tad heavy though just guessing on that.
i was very tempted to buy the Van Nicolas few years back but went for the Thorn Sherpa instead.
i'm now on the lookout for another tourer as i sold the sherpa, was thinking of either the Thorn club tour or Spa steel tourer (frame/fork only)the Spa is top of my list so far good price and reynolds 725 tubing