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Picking Your Lynskey

Titanium combines comfort, reliability, and light weight with an unmatched ability to resist oxidation, fatigue, and high impact. A well-made titanium frame retains its outstanding ride and appearance long after carbon, aluminum, and even steel have lost some of their luster.  No matter what your skill level or what area of cycling you are most passionate about, you will find a Lynskey frame that fits your needs.

Shopping Around

Titanium is a big investment.  We make it with the expectation that this will be our perfect bike, one that fits well and will last us forever.  Lynskey owners often do a lot of research before they buy, so we'd like to provide you with links to some popular alternatives.  We are confident you will see Lynskey for what it is:  your best choice for an all-Ti frame, at any level.

Lynskey Level 1

Your tubing set:  Double and triple-butted 3Al-2.5V titanium alloy, shaped round tubes.

Level 1 Custom:  road, mountain, cyclocross, touring

Level 1  House Blend:  road

Road compare:  Seven Axiom SG, Moots Compact

Cyclocross compare:  Serotta HSG Cross Ti, Seven Tsunami, Moots Psychlo-X

Mountain compare:  Moots RigorMootis, Independent Fabrications Ti Deluxe

Touring compare:  Seven Vacanza

Lynskey Level 2

If you are:  A weekend warrior or serious racer who seeks a frame that is laterally stiffer than a Level 1.  

Your tubing set:  Butted and multi-axis 3Al-2.5V titanium alloy (ovalized top and down tubes for enhanced stiffness).  

Level 2 Custom:  road, mountain, cyclocross, touring

Level 2  House Blend: road, mountain, 29er, cyclocross

Road Compare:  Seven Aerios, Serotta Legend, Litespeed Sienna, Independent Fabrications Crown Jewel, Moots Compact SL

Cyclocross compare:  Serotta Legend CX, Independent Fabrications Ti Planet X, Moots Psychlo-X SL

Mountain compare:  Serotta TiMax, Seven Sola, Litespeed Ocoee

Lynskey Level 3

If you are:  A rider who wants enhanced performance in specific areas, such as climbing or sprinting.  The Level 3 is 3Al-2.5V throughout, but the oversized tubing is shaped like an ovalized version of the angular tubes of the Level 4.  The result is an exceptionally stiff frame with a svelte, carbon-like ride.

Your tubing set:  3Al-2.5V oversize titanium/double-triple butting/Force Vector specific shaping (ovalized).

Level 3 Custom:  road, mountain, triathlon, cyclocross, touring

Level 3 House Blend:  road

Road compare:  Litespeed Icon, Merlin Works CR

Triathlon compare:  Litespeed Saber, Serotta CXII Ti

Mountain compare:  Litespeed Obed

Cyclocross compare:  Litespeed CX

Lynskey Level 4

If you are:  A serious racer who wants the strongest, stiffest frame possible.  To quote the Lynskey web site, "If you’re that class of rider that seems to flex, over-stress or break everything, you’ve found the perfect frame."  You will "feel the road" more with a Level 4 than with a Level 3, but if you've always liked Cannondale, this is could be the frame for you.

Level 4 Custom:  road, mountain, triathlon, cyclocross, touring

Level 4 House Blend:  road

Road compare:  Litespeed Archon

Triathlon compare:  Litespeed Blade (last available in 2003 -- an earlier version was Lance Armstrong's TT bike in the '99 TdF, with Trek decals, made by David Lynskey)