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Im looking at a Lynskey, has anyone got one? How do they ride and perform? Im planning on doing a 24 hr solo next year and want something in a hardtail but less stressful to ride than a ally frame.
I rode the UK 24hr solo-champs at Newcastleton on their ti Ridgeline. I wish I had ridden my full suss instead.
Ti is a great material and Lynskey make some incredible frames but I'm not sure the expense is justified for 24hr racing. It's just not that more compliant than steel and in my experience tyres, saddle, grips and seatpost will have just as much an effect over 24hrs.
Anthony, ta for the reply. What full sus do you own? Im planning on doing Newcastleton next year. I do work in a shop now and can get a good price, would that swing your opinion?Any tips on traing if your on for 24 hr aswell!??
Ride a Ridgline LT which is awesome. Also have spesh fsr full suss. If I'm ridiing more than a few hours, i actually tend to ride the lynskey - the full suss is more comfortable for sure at trail centres etc but if you're trying to cover ground, I find the bobbing etc of full suss wearing over time. Multiply that over 24 hours.
Tough decision, but I doubt I would go out and buy one on the basis of one race. Needs to be something you truly want IMO.
Got Merlin Ti hardtail, Cotic Soul, Turner Flux (old 4 bar) and a couple of Intenses. Ridden Merlin on Polaris - fine - but Turner is way more comfortable for extended days in the saddle (unless it's rocky when the Intenses are, of course, awesome!). I reckon the Soul needs to be ridden hard to be at its best, excellent for a 2 hour blast, but not as good as the Merlin or Turner for extended rides. Hope this helps.
There were very few parts of the Newcastleton course where you could just cruise along sat down to get a little respite. It didn't help that there was a massive amount of climbing/decending which meant being out the saddle a lot. Being on the full suss would have allowed me to sit down on sections where usually I would have had to hover over the saddle due to the terrain.
Monkey, my Titus motolite set at 100mm and built with light wheel/tyres would have been my prefered bike now in hindsight! For shorter races its naturally a different story. If I had the budget though the Santa-cruz 29'er Tall-boy would be my wish-list bike for that course.
As for training, I mile munched through the winter mud and then worked back from the event with a 12 week schedule. I concentrated most of my training to slow burning, long rides of up to 8hrs.
Have fun, don't get me wrong I still certainly enjoyed it on the Lynskey!
Ta for the help guys. Just want to point out aint buying for 1 event, i know im a bit of a dick but not mad!IMO!
I did the Kielder 100 so have an idea what it will be like up there and will do that again also.Ill be working back then 12 weeks from the event and getting used to working hard ane getting that "you and the f#*cking bike"!!! from the wife. ONly live once.
Did you end up buying the Lynskey mate? Looking at one myself. They look fantastic...
+1 for the Lynskey, sprockets have a demo in a medium if you want to try first.