There was a Lynskey R210 Custom built up with Ultegra 6600 in a local shop many years (2010? 2011? something like that) ago. I have no idea who'd ordered it and why a custom-ordered frame was on the rack @ a shop that didn't typically deal with used bikes. Apart from a scratch in the paint, it appeared completely unridden. The frame fit me pretty well.
I was a regular @ the shop and helped out from time to time and managed to work a deal where I'd work at the shop evenings and weekends and my "pay" would be subtracted from the balance of the bike. I never even asked what my "rate" was, I just knew it was working in my favor because the balance was plummeting faster than I ever expected it should have. I didn't question it.
I still have the frame, though I've upgraded the components. The scratch in the paint is a distant memory since I've stripped the paint off of it in the intervening years. Who paints a Ti frame anyway?
And that's how I got my Ti bike. And I'd be lying if I said I hadn't been eyeing a new R300 from Lynskey for a more modern geometry and components.
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