Originally Posted by
sumgy
That has nothing to do with the material at all.
I will just about guarantee that your Lemond and your Lynskey are completely different geometry and quite probably set up differently as well (bars, saddle, lever position etc).
My Concorde rides smoother than my Moots too.
That does not mean that the Moots is better or worse.
Moots is worth probably $10k+.
Concorde probably cost me $1k.
Then again I love riding my $600 Pompino too.
LOL, of course the geometry is different. But the wheels, tires, same Brooks Saddle, seatpost, etc were used on the LeMond after moving them from the Lynskey (except the bars, same width and drop).
The Lynskey was actually purchased and setup to match the fit on my Trek Madone 5.9 which is the one I had my "pro fit" done on.
My point ( if there is one) is just that maybe other's like me have discovered that there really is nothing magical about the material, even if it is Ti.
To be honest, of everything I've got right now I think the most enjoyable bike is the $50 Prologue I found this year. It' needs some work but for whatever reason it's just plain fun to ride. A bike may be worth $10k but if it doesn't offer you anything special and sits, what is it really worth? For me that means the Ti goes....
Oh and like the OP said originally, "This isn't necessarily yet another "which frame material is better?" thread, per se." So yeah, it's not about the material, LOL! If I could really fit my Conti GP4000s II tires on the Lynskey I might view if differently but they do fit on the Lemond and make it pretty damn nice.