2011 Lynskey Cooper
 

Heres my 2011 Lynskey "Go Fast" Cooper! Waited 2 1/2 months for the frame, but well worth the wait. I ordered the Industrial mill finish, but decided to hand finish it with a 3m scotch brite maroon pad. Medium frame weighed in at 3.04 lbs, not bad for their straight guaged tubed frame. Bike total weight w/ pedals is 16.49 lbs. Not bad considering I dont have the lightest parts. Havent had the chance to test ride it yet, but sure looks awesome sitting in my garage! I may have to remove some spacers underneath the stem, feels a bit too upright.

Bike build specs
Cooper Titanium Frame
Edge 2.0 Fork
Sram Force Group
Cane Creek 100 headset
Ritchey WCS carbon handlebar
Ritchey WCS wet stem 100
Williams cycling System 30 wheelset
Forte + Pro road tire
USE Alien seatpost
Specialized Toupe Saddle
Shimano 105 Pedals
Pearl Izumi Handle bar tape

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From one cooper owner to another: nice bike! Mine will probably come out to be the high 17's

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Very nice.

Made some minor changes, painted red parts on Toupe Saddle and switched stem to black.


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Go...Fast!

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UPDATED PHOTOS:
Updated a few parts on the Lynskey, still waiting on my Lynskey Seatpost.

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Update: New Lynskey Seatpost, Romin Saddle
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i like the black stem better, but it looked great with the white one too. beautiful bike!

Looks great!

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Heres my Lynskey Cooper

Very nice :)

nice. i recall seeing it on lynskey's website.

Nice one Yangster! Ti frames look alot nicer in person! Can't wait to test ride my bike!

Nice lynskey, giantdefy! One thing I noticed, is that a Philipppine flag on your top tube? What made you decide to go for the lynskey instead of a litespeed?

Keep on posting :)

Very very nice!! :love:

Very nice bike. Congratulations.

Whats the HUGE SRAM box?

Looks great!

Nice ride. What's holding you up from riding? Weather?

I love the look of unpainted titanium bikes, very nice!

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Yes its a Philippine flag! I really did not like the Litespeed Decals and the fact that Litespeed's mainstream bikes are carbon, plus ABG seems to be getting a bad reputation for crappy warranty service. Ive heard only good things about Lynskey, specially when it comes to customer service.

Good observation, I originally purchased a Sram wheelset for this Ti build, but it matches the paint scheme on my Tarmac, so that where it went.

Its been raining here or its 30 something degrees and windy. Its looking good this afternoon, so shes going out on her maiden voyage!

I miss owning a Ti bike.

Did my first ride today. 20 mph winds was fun going one way but a pain coming back home! Had to do minor tweaking to the rear derailleur and raised seat up 2 cm. Sram Force drivetrain is buttery smooth and very quiet, Forte + Pro tires are stiff as hell, wont buy these again. The bike feels really good, frame is stiff without the harshness. I did a few sprints and mashed hard on the cranks to see if I could get the frame to flex, did not happen. I still feel road vibrations but not as numbing as any of my carbon bikes. Overall the bike is just gorgeous and a blast to ride!

love your bike

More photos of my "Go...Fast"! Did a much longer ride and mainly through the mountains. Bike handles like a dream. Bike climbs just as well as my Specialized Tarmac, stiff where it counts! Bombing down hill through the twisties at over 40mph was very well controlled, very precise and very predictable, a major plus in the Fun department! Every carbon and aluminum bike Ive owned gave me numb hands from the high frequency vibrations from the road, did not notice any numbness with the Ti frame! Need to do a century after I inspect all bolts for proper torque! This bike rocks!

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Very nice bike.

Did you have to remove the red bits on the saddle to paint (is it even possible) or just paint them in place?

Where did you get the 3M maroon pad at? I'm about to retrofit my 2001 Litespeed Classic and I need to buff it up after 10 yrs of service.


Yeah, Litespeed is down to like only two Ti frames.

I removed the red bits from the saddle, scuffed them up with fine sand paper and painted them black. The front piece required splitting the tab underneath the seat to slide it out of place, the rest were just unscrewed. The 3M pads can be had at your local automotive parts store in the body shop department. Bought mine at O'Rileys.