Great to see Lynskey getting into the OEM game and building for giants like Salsa and Kona, but that Rove is a long-ass bike with a 435mm chainstay, and will get eaten alive by the Colossal Ti and Lynskey Sportive Disc!
Steel Cross Bikes with Discs?
That steel rove is also a TANK. Hoping the Viage and steel colossal aren't that heavy.
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That steel rove is also a TANK. Hoping the Viage and steel colossal aren't that heavy.
We haven't seen the steel Viage yet, but both versions of the Colossal are stout bikes, putting rough-road all-day strength and durability ahead of weight. That said, Ed likes the steel Colossal enough to be building up as his next personal bike.
That said, weight is never really a frame issue per se; it's a money issue! ;)
Great to see Lynskey getting into the OEM game and building for giants like Salsa and Kona, but that Rove is a long-ass bike with a 435mm chainstay, and will get eaten alive by the Colossal Ti and Lynskey Sportive Disc!
FYI Lynskey apparently doesn't build ti frames for Salsa now as they couldn't do the more complicated tube shapings Salsa was after. I might be wrong, but probably am not, since I read it on the internet :D
Also, it's (still) not steel or exactly a cross bike, but the alu warbird I mentioned upthread turned into a ti one. My bicycle-mans says "get the aluminum one, and have money left over for upgrades."
…Then he emails and says the ti one is so choice(and SHINY)…and the killer.."I'll give you a smokin' deal"
Preliminary review: it is very good at going very fast on gravel
Thought of colossal, but I wanted room for big tires.
hows do I get howyousay, "smokin' deal"?
That ti colossal that's sitting in Mighty Riders is Mighty Fine. As is that ^^.
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- Tommy Guererro, Search for Animal Chin
Lynskey couldn't do the more complicated tube shapings Salsa was after. I might be wrong, but probably am not, since I read it on the internet :D
I doubt that, more like the only company that can.
I doubt that, more like the only company that can.
That's what I thought too
"Nobody really gives a shit that you don't like the thing that you have no firsthand experience with." Dave
Not really a full cx bike. But sexy.
Someone in NV is selling a Croix: http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/nvn/bik/3879588731.html
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- Tommy Guererro, Search for Animal Chin
ok , that croix is cool , but those tiagra brifters that are on it are total shit .
like , total shit .
yes, such a shame.
"Ripping Styles, Holmes!"
- Tommy Guererro, Search for Animal Chin
ok , that croix is cool , but those tiagra brifters that are on it are total shit .
like , total shit .
Simple…buy the bike. Run em till they break. Then replace.
well hows' this . . . literally the first shift on the front derailleur was enough to break it . . . can't buy one , gotta buy a pair , 425 $
got 0 zero support from the shop/supplier to warranty it , wouldn't even consider it , so i've made it my business to shit talk tiagra brifters ( love everything else shimano ) every chance i get .
apparently there is a tiny little piece of metal linkage in there that was known to be a problem , but admitting it was as far as they'd go . i'm very easy on equipment , so if i broke it , either i got a defect set or they are shit . . .
so like i said , total shit , stay away .
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