Cycling Plus Issue 271 is in the shops now and once again they’ve run their £1000 Sportive bike test and guess who wins…… That’s right the Giant Defy 1. Just as it did in 2012, the 2013 version of the Defy 1 wins the test against some tough competition from the current big hitters, Specialized, Scott, [...]
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Lynskey Sportive #3
Lynskey Sportive Custom Build We have nearly completed our third Lynskey Sportive custom build this month (July 11), although pictured without, this Sportive will be fitted with full length mudguards and a rear rack before it leaves next week. This bike is a full build with everything brand new. The customer requirement was a comfortable [...]
Lynskey Sportive XL #2
Lynskey Sportive Custom Build We waited too many months for our first XL Lynskey Sportive to arrive, now they’re like buses, we built our second frame in as many weeks. Very similar in specification to the previous Lynskey to leave us, this Sportive was equipped with Kinesis DC07 carbon training forks with eyelets, a SRAM [...]
Lynskey Sportive XL
Lynskey Sportive Custom Build. The most recent bike to leave our custom build program was this Lynskey Sportive titanium road bike. Although we had to wait a considerable time for the frame to be hand made in the Lynskey workshops in the USA, it was well worth it. At the time, this XL frame was [...]
2011 Lynskey Sportive – First Build
2011 Lynskey Sportive Although we have already supplied these new titanium frames from Lynskey as a frame only, this bike is our first full build on the new Sportive. Some donar parts were used from our clients existing bike, but the frame, forks, headset and seat post were supplied. The build went together flawlessly. The [...]